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hypnosis definition

hyp·no·sis (hip nō′sis)

noun pl. hypnoses -·ses′ (-sēz′)

  1. a trancelike condition usually induced by another person, in which the subject is in a state of altered consciousness and responds, with certain limitations, to the suggestions of the hypnotist
  2. hypnotism

Etymology: ModL: see hypno- & -osis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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