(a.) Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.
(a.) Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.
(n.) Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.
(n.) A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.
Example Sentences:
(1) Open field behaviors and isolation-induced aggression were reduced by anxiolytics, at doses which may be within the sedative-hypnotic range.
(2) We have evaluated the action of hypnotics on the sleep-wakefulness cycle in freely implanted rats during their maximally active period because it is easier to estimate the duration of the sedative effect.
(3) The pharmacological examination showed that the new compounds are deprived of the hypnotic activity characteristic for 3,3'-spirobi-5-methyltetrahydrofuranone-2 (2) and behaved in most tests as tranquillizers.
(4) to avoid inhibition of 'natural' responses by anxiety due to the laboratory setting, we made use of post-hypnotic suggestions regarding the nature of the stimuli the subjects were to expect.
(5) 3 alpha-hydroxylated pregnane steroids have been shown to possess anesthetic, hypnotic, anticonvulsant and anxiolytic properties.
(6) Non-benzodiazepine hypnotics may be useful alternatives and our group has undertaken double-blind comparative trials with two such compounds, namely zopiclone and zolpidem.
(7) Thus, with its 'intermediate' elimination half-life, loprazolam would appear to have some potential advantages over both long- and short-acting hypnotics in selected patients, although further studies are needed to fully elucidate its place in therapy.
(8) On the other hand, thiazolidone derivatives are reported to have anesthetic, anticonvulsant, and hypnotic activity.
(9) The most thorough and clinically relevant approach to hypnotic drug evaluation is one that balances the strengths and weaknesses of clinical trials and sleep laboratory evaluations.
(10) Contrary to other studies, central nervous system stimulants are not the most widely prescribed psychoactive drugs in childhood and adolescence, but rather, minor tranquilizers, sedatives and hypnotics are the most widely prescribed psychoactive drugs.
(11) Erickson's utilization approach provides a model of hypnotic and strategic intervention for persons seeking psychotherapy because of sexual orientation confusion.
(12) Previously, we demonstrated that dexmedetomidine, an alpha 2 agonist, produces a hypnotic-anesthetic response in rats via activation of central alpha 2 adrenoceptors and that this response could be enhanced by the alpha 1 antagonist prazosin.
(13) Ten kinds of uracil derivatives showed hypnotic activity.
(14) We suggest that GHB may serve as the prototype for a new class of hypnotic compounds derived from natural sources and capable of activating the neurological mechanisms of normal human sleep.
(15) The steroid anesthetic alphaxalone and a series of naturally occurring analogs were compared in potency and efficacy with each other and the hypnotic barbiturate pentobarbital for interaction with gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors:binding sites in rat brain membranes and functional activity in 36Cl- flux measurements with rat hippocampal slices.
(16) An attempt was made to construct and validate a questionnaire measure of hypnotic-like experiences based on Shor's (1979) 8-dimension phenomenological analysis of hypnosis.
(17) The literature on the effects of anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs on performance in tasks requiring sustained attention is confusing.
(18) The largest group of insomniac subjects, and the group who most often used hypnotics "frequently and chronically", were women 45 years and older.
(19) Bilateral microinjection of ethanol to the preoptic area of rats causes a dose-dependent hypnotic effect at doses that do not affect brain temperature.
(20) The Hypnotic Induction Profile (HIP) will be discussed as a rapid and efficient method to identify individual resources and develop treatment strategies.
Hypnotist
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) There was a tendency for nonresistors to have a more positive view of the hypnotist but it is not as marked as was found in an earlier study (Levitt & Baker, 1983).
(2) Guided by Vikki, in a voice that was part nursery school teacher, part hypnotist, exercises like “the scan”, where you focus on different parts of your body from the crown of your head to the tops on your toes, left me poleaxed, and a convert to more restorative forms of yoga.
(3) Close cooperation between the patient, hypnotist, anesthesiologist, and surgeon is critical.
(4) It is suggested that hypnosis can be viewed as an 'agentic state' whereby the subject gives up autonomy and relinquishes responsibility for his actions to the hypnotist, whilst remaining responsible to the hypnotist for his performance as an hypnotic subject.
(5) The man ought to be a stage hypnotist: his calm voice never rises beyond a casual tone, always giving practical instruction that seemed so simple, so easy to follow.
(6) The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion, set in 1940s New York, also pivoted creakily around a fake hypnotist, half-cousin to the fortune teller in You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger.
(7) 5 dependent measures: (a) objective scale score; (b) self-report scale score; (c) S rapport with the hypnotist; (d) S resistance to the hypnotist; and (e) overall subjective rating of trance experience were employed to measure any differences between the 2 groups.
(8) Deaf Ss reported feeling more resistant to the hypnotist than did hearing Ss.
(9) Results suggest that: (a) AIM is internally consistent, and is significantly correlated with hypnotizability; (b) among high hypnotizable Ss, AIM scores assess an important aspect of hypnotic experience which is relatively unrelated to behavioral response to hypnotic suggestions; (c) there is no change in AIM scores associated with the sex of the hypnotist or S; and (d) there are 3 clusters of AIM items: perceived power of the hypnotist, positive emotional bond to the hypnotist, and fear of negative appraisal.
(10) By this way it gives to the other system the possibility to follow word-for-word the suggestions, given by the hypnotist.
(11) In this paper we describe a technique of hypnotic induction, using a dialogue between two hypnotists.
(12) As an expert witness, the present author participated in a court case against a lay hypnotist who was accused of abusing 9 women.
(13) Study 1 tested eight groups of 22 subjects in a 2 (level of susceptibility: high, low) x 2 (state instruction: hypnosis, waking) x 2 (rapport: present, reduced) design, rapport being inhibited by the hypnotist criticizing subjects' performance.
(14) Neither hypnotists' sex, subjects' sex, nor the interaction of these variables was significantly related to scores on the Stanford scale.
(15) Personal methods are defined in the sense of suitable mechanisms enabling the hypnotist to establish what can be seen as a true state of equilibrium between himself and his patient.
(16) We underscore the proposition (long overlooked) that the counterfactual statements in the hypnotist's induction are cues to the subject that a dramatistic plot is in the making.
(17) This perspective guided our examination of the hypnotic performance, and we noted that both the hypnotist and the subject are actors, both enmeshed in a dramatic plot, both striving to enhance their credibility.
(18) This compared to all those cases of patients who deliver without the preparatory hypnotist being present.
(19) The methods and strategy used by the lay hypnotist are presented as well as are the diverse reactions of the women involved in the case.
(20) I'm studying a BSc in psychology, but I'm learning about alien abduction, hypnotists, and sociology.