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adjectivehypnogenic (not comparable)
- not comparableInducing sleep.
- not comparableInducing hypnosis.
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 […]
1887, The Popular Science Monthly
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