hypnosis

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hyp=no=sis

CIDE DICTIONARY

hypnosis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. sleep.].

•  Supervention of sleep.  [1913 Webster]
•  The condition of being hypnotized or the process of hypnotizing a person; hypnotism{1}.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hypnosis, n.
1 a state like sleep in which the subject acts only on external suggestion.
2 artificially produced sleep.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk hupnos sleep + -OSIS

THESAURUS

hypnosis

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