Hyp-nŏt'ic1, a.
a. [Gr. ὑπνωτικός, inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, from ὑπνοῦν, to lull to sleep, from ὕπνος, sleep; Fr. hypnotique.]
- Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.
- Characterized by unnatural or morbid sleep.