hypnosis

Derived from hypn(otic) +‎ -osis (“state”, “condition”, nominal derivational suffix).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɪpˈnoʊsɪs/

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• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

hypnosis (countable and uncountable, plural hypnoses)

1. A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
2. Any of various sleep-like conditions.
3. The art or skill of hypnotism.

• “hypnosis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hypnosis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• hyposins