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hypnagogic

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(hip′nə gäj′ik)

adjective

causing sleep; soporific
designating or of the state intermediate between wakefulness and sleep: hypnagogic fantasies

Origin: hypn(o)- + -agog(ue) + -ic

Also sp. hypnogogic

See hypnagogic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also hyp·no·gog·ic

adjective

Inducing sleep; soporific.
Of, relating to, or occurring in the state of intermediate consciousness preceding sleep: hypnagogic hallucinations.

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Origin: French hypnagogique

Origin: : Greek hupnos, sleep; see hypno-

Origin: + Greek agōgos, leading (from agein, to lead; see ag- in Indo-European roots)

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