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Webster 1913 Edition


Antihypnotic

Anˊti-hyp-not′ic

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Adj.
(Med.)
Tending to prevent sleep.
Noun.
An antihypnotic agent.

Webster 1828 Edition


Antihypnotic

ANTIHYPNOT'IC

,
Adj.
[Gr. sleep.]
Counteracting sleep; tending to prevent sleep or lethargy.

ANTIHYPNOT'IC

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Noun.
A medicine that prevents or tends to prevent sleep.

Definition 2024


antihypnotic

antihypnotic

English

Adjective

antihypnotic (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Tending to prevent sleep.

Noun

antihypnotic (plural antihypnotics)

  1. Any agent that prevents sleep.