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somnifacient

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som⋅ni⋅fa⋅cient

  [som-nuh-fey-shuhnt]
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–adjective
1. causing or inducing sleep.
–noun
2. a drug or other agent that induces or tends to induce sleep.
Origin:
1885–90; < L somn(us) sleep + -i- -i- + -facient
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som·ni·fa·cient   (sŏm'nə-fā'shənt)   
adj.  Tending to produce sleep; hypnotic.
som'ni·fa'cient n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1som·ni·fa·cient
Pronunciation: "säm-n&-'fA-sh&nt
Function: adjective
: inducing sleep : HYPNOTIC 1 somnifacient drug>

Main Entry: 2somnifacient
Function: noun
: a somnifacient agent (as a drug) : HYPNOTIC1
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somnifacient som·ni·fa·cient (sŏm'nə-fā'shənt)
adj.
Tending to produce sleep; soporific.

som'ni·fa'cient n.

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