Definition of Hypnotics. Meaning of Hypnotics. Synonyms of Hypnotics

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Hypnotics. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Hypnotics and, of course, Hypnotics synonyms and on the right images related to the word Hypnotics.

Definition of Hypnotics

Hypnotic
Hypnotic Hyp*not"ic, a. [Gr. ? inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, fr. ? to lull to sleep, fr. ? sleep; akin to L. somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.] 1. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific. 2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.
Hypnotic
Hypnotic Hyp*not"ic, n. 1. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic. 2. A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.

Meaning of Hypnotics from wikipedia

- outweigh any marginal benefits of hypnotics in the elderly. A review of the literature regarding benzodiazepine hypnotics and Z-drugs concluded that these...
- group is related to hypnotics. The term sedative describes drugs that serve to calm or relieve anxiety, whereas the term hypnotic describes drugs whose...
- powerful hypnotics, Rourke and Vivian, who has been posing as "Cruz". Rourke realizes that his life as a detective is a charade, a hypnotic "construct"...
- concluded that the "nonbenzodiazepine, benzodiazepine receptor agonist hypnotics (eszopiclone, zaleplon, zolpidem) are to be avoided without consideration...
- Thee Hypnotics are an English psychedelic garage rock band, formed in 1985 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The band are currently composed...
- and an increased response to suggestions. Hypnosis usually begins with a hypnotic induction involving a series of preliminary instructions and suggestions...
- depression. Hypnotics were found to be more likely to cause depression than to help it. Studies have found that long-term users of sedative hypnotic drugs have...
- Look up hypnotic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hypnotic is a class of drugs, commonly known as sleeping pills. Hypnotic may also refer to: Hypnosis...
- significant hypnotic and anxiolytic effects begin in less than 30 minutes and can last for up to eight hours. Prescriptions for hypnotics such as temazepam...
- prescriptions for the drug had fallen significantly by 1990, as other hypnotics that were considered safer (i.e., less dangerous in overdose) became much...