a. 催眠的, 在受催眠状态中, 易于催眠的

n. 催眠药, 安眠药, 催眠状态的人

[化] 安眠剂

[医] 催眠的, 催眠性的, 安眠药, 催眠药

Hypnotic \Hyp*not"ic\, a. [Gr. ? inclined to sleep, putting to
sleep, fr. ? to lull to sleep, fr. ? sleep; akin to L.
somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.]
1. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce
sleep; soporific.

2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism;
liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.


Hypnotic \Hyp*not"ic\, n.
1. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an
opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.

2. A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to,
hypnotism.