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Somnipathy

Som-nip′a-thy

,
Noun.
[L.
somnus
sleep + Gr. [GREEK] a suffering of the body, fr. [GREEK], [GREEK], to suffer.]
Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like.
[Written also
somnopathy
.]

Definition 2024


somnipathy

somnipathy

English

Noun

somnipathy (plural somnipathies)

  1. A sleep disorder.
  2. (archaic) Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like.