See Antihypnotic. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Tending to prevent sleep. --
a. Pert. to autohypnotism; self-hypnotizing. --
n. [ Auto- + hypnotism. ] Hypnotism of one's self by concentration of the attention on some object or idea. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ F., fr. Gr. &unr_; sleep + &unr_; to go. ] A somnambulist. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; sleep + E. cyst. ] (Biol.) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; sleep + root of
n. One who is versed in hypnology. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; sleep + -logy. ] A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -scope. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for ascertaining the susceptibility of a person to hypnotic influences. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; sleep. ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, fr. &unr_; to lull to sleep, fr. &unr_; sleep; akin to L. somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique. ]
n.
n. [ Gr. &unr_; sleep: cf. F. hypnotisme. ]
n. A person who hypnotizes another, especially one who is professionally trained in the technique. [ PJC ]
n. The act or process of producing hypnotism. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. One who hypnotizes; a hypnotist. [ 1913 Webster ]