somnipathy
English
Etymology
From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + -pathy.
Noun
somnipathy (countable and uncountable, plural somnipathies)
- Any sleep disorder.
- (archaic) Sleep induced by hypnosis or similar.
References
- “somnipathy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.