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Hypnosis


Hyp-no′sis

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] sleep.]
1.
(Med.)
Supervention of sleep.

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hypnosis

hypnosis

English

Noun

hypnosis (plural hypnoses)

  1. a trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced
  2. the art or skill of hypnotism

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  • hypnosis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • hypnosis in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911