hypnagogic

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    sleep inducing

Word Origin

hypnagogic (adj.)
1868, from French hypnagogique, from Greek hypnos "sleep" (see somnolence) + agogos "leading" (see act). Etymologically, "inducing sleep," but used mostly with a sense "pertaining to the state of consciousness when falling asleep."

Example

1. Their wooings were a hypnagogic film
2. Common hypnagogic active constituents of schisandra sphenanthera and schisandra chinensis .

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