hypno-, hypn- +

(Greek: sleep)

hypnenergia

A disorder consisting of partial arousal from sleep during which the subject may walk for relatively long distances, return to bed, go back to sleep, and awake the next morning with no memory of having wandered around; somnambulism.

hypnesthesia, hypnaesthesia

1. Sleepiness; a sleepy feeling.
2. A dulled sensibility resulting from drowsiness.

hypneusia

Ease of going to sleep.

hypnic

Inducing or pertaining to sleep.

hypnoanalysis, hypnoanalytic

A method of pshychotherapy in which psychoanalysis is employed in conjunction with hypnosis.

hypnoanesthesia

Induction of the anesthetic state with hypnosis.

hypnoapnea

A temporary suspension of breathing during sleep; also known as sleepapnea.

hypnocatharsis

The reliving of repressed thoughts and experiences with their affective associations that have been brought out during hypnoanalysis.

hypnochezia

An unconscious defecation during sleep.

hypnocinematograph

An instrument for recording movements made during sleep.

hypnodontia

The study of hypnosis in dentistry.

hypnodontics

The application of controlled suggestion and hypnosis to the practice of dentistry.

hypnody, hypnodic

1. In biology, a prolonged resting period (diapause) during development.
2. A long resting period passed through by the larvae or pupae of certain insects.

hypnoesthesia

A special sensitivity while sleeping.

hypnoesthesis

A feeling of sleepiness; dulled sensibility; drowsiness.

Also see the mesmerism page for additional enlightenment.

Related "sleep" units: dorm-; letho-; narco-; oneiro- (dream); somni-; sopor-.