372. Sleep

See also 129. DREAMS ; 154. FATIGUE .

autohypnotism, autohypnosis

1. the process of hypnotizing oneself.

2. the resulting state.

Braidism

the practice of hypnotism by Dr. James Braid, British physician, in the mid 19th century.

clinomania

an obsession with bed rest.

clinophobia

an abnormal fear or dislike of going to bed.

consopition

Obsolete, the act of lulling or rocking to sleep.

dormancy

the state of being dormant or inert.

hypnobate

a somnambulist, or sleepwalker.

hypnobatia

somnambulism. —hypnobate, n.

hypnology

the science dealing with the phenomena of sleep and hypnotism. See also 215. HYPNOSIS . — hypnologist, n. —hypnologic, hypnological, adj.

hypnomania

a mania for sleep.

hypnopedia, hypnopaedia

the art or process of learning while asleep by means of lessons recorded on disk or tapes.

hypnophobia

an abnormal fear of sleep.

lunambulism

the condition of sleepwalking only in the moonlight. Cf. somnambulism. —lunambulist, n. —lunambulistic, adj.

narcoanalysis

narcotherapy.

narcohypnia

Medicine. a numbness often feit upon waking from sleep.

narcolepsy

Pathology. a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable lapses into deep sleep. — narcoleptic , adj . — narcolept , n.

narcotherapy

Psychiatry.

1. a method of treating certain mental disorders by inducing sleep through barbiturates.

2. a type of psychotherapy involving the use of hypnotic drugs. Also narcoanalysis. —narcotherapist, n.

noctambulism

somnambulism. Also noctambulation. —noctambulist, noctambule, n. —noctambulous, noctambulant, noctambulisdc, adj.

somnambulism

the condition of sleepwalking. Also called hypnobatia, noctambulism. —somnambulant , n., adj. —somnambulist, n. —somnambulistic, adj.

somniloquism

1. the tendency to talk in one’s sleep. Also somniloquy .

2. the words spoken. —somniloquist, n. —somniloquous, adj.

somnipathy

a state of sleep induced by hypnosis or mesmerism.

somnolence

the condition of drowsiness or sleepiness. Also somnolency, somnolism. —somnolent, adj.