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Etymology

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From hypno- +‎ -genic.

Adjective

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hypnogenic (not comparable)

  1. Inducing sleep.
  2. Inducing hypnosis.
    • 1887, The Popular Science Monthly:
      In order to illustrate further the intimate connection between certain morbid forms of sleep and the hysterical state, I shall briefly allude to the so-called "hysterogenic" and "hypnogenic" pressure-points []

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