hypno- or hypn- /hip-n(ō)-, hip-n(ə)- or hip-n(o)-/

1. Denoting: sleep
2. Hypnosis

hypnagogic /-gojˈik or -gogˈik/ adjective

1. (Gr agōgos bringing) sleep-bringing
2. Ushering in sleep
3. Relating to a state of drowsiness preceding sleep (hypnagogic (or hypnogogic) image hallucination experienced when falling asleep or fatigued)

hypˈnic adjective

Relating to or inducing sleep

A soporific

hypno-anaesthēˈsia noun

Hypnotic sleep

hypno-analˈysis noun

Analysis of a patient's psychological troubles by obtaining information from him or her while in a state of hypnosis

hypnogenˈesis or hypnogeny /-nojˈi-ni/ noun

Production of the hypnotic state

hypnogenetˈic, hypnogˈenous or hypnogenˈic adjective

Inducing the hypnotic state, or sleep

hypˈnoid or hypˈnoidal adjective

1. Like sleep
2. Like hypnosis
3. Esp of a state between hypnosis and waking

hypˈnoidize or hypˈnoidise transitive verb

To put in the hypnoidal state

hypnolˈogy noun

The scientific study of sleep

hypˈnone noun

An aromatic ketone used in medicine as a hypnotic

hypnopaeˈdia noun

Learning or conditioning, by repetition of recorded sound during sleep (or semiwakefulness)

hypnopompˈic adjective

1. (Gr pompē a sending) dispelling sleep
2. Relating to a state between sleep and wakefulness

hypnōˈsis noun

A sleeplike state in which the mind responds to external suggestion and can recover forgotten memories

hypnoteeˈ noun

A person who has been hypnotized

hypnotherˈapist noun

hypnotherˈapy noun

The use of hypnosis to treat physical and psychological disorders

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