inducing sleep

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• Sleep induction — Sleep induction, the deliberate effort to bring on sleep by various techniques or medicinal means, is practiced to lengthen periods of sleep, increase the effectiveness of sleep, and to reduce or prevent insomnia. Contents 1 Alcohol 2 Guided… …   Wikipedia

• sleep|y — «SLEE pee», adjective, sleep|i|er, sleep|i|est. 1. ready to go to sleep; inclined to sleep: »He never gets enough rest and is always sleepy. 2. Figurative. not active; …   Useful english dictionary

• sleep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. slumber, somnolence, nap, doze, drowse, rest, repose; coma; hypnosis. v. i. slumber, repose, doze, nap; be dead or dormant. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slumber, doze, nap, rest, repose, sound sleep, deep… …   English dictionary for students

• sleep — sleepful, adj. sleeplike, adj. /sleep/, v., slept, sleeping, n. v.i. 1. to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake. 2. Bot. to… …   Universalium

• inducing — noun act of bringing about a desired result inducement of sleep • Syn: ↑inducement • Derivationally related forms: ↑induce, ↑induce (for: ↑inducement) …   Useful english dictionary

• Delta sleep-inducing peptide — Identifiers Symbol DSIP UniProt P01158 Other data Delta sleep inducing peptide, abbreviated DSIP, is a neuropeptide that when infused int …   Wikipedia

• Slow-wave sleep — (SWS), often referred to as deep sleep, consists of stages 3 and 4 of non rapid eye movement sleep, according to the Rechtschaffen Kales (R K) standard of 1968.[1] As of 2008, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has discontinued the use …   Wikipedia

• continuous sleep therapy — treatment of certain mental disorders by inducing prolonged sleep (18 to 20 hours a day for about two weeks) with drugs, usually barbiturates; it is no longer used in the United States …   Medical dictionary

• sleepy — sleep•y [[t]ˈsli pi[/t]] adj. sleep•i•er, sleep•i•est 1) ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy 2) of or showing drowsiness 3) lethargic; inactive: a sleepy village[/ex] 4) inducing sleep; soporific: sleepy warmth[/ex] • Etymology: 1175–1225… …   From formal English to slang

• sleeping pill — sleep′ing pill n. pha a pill or capsule containing a drug for inducing sleep • Etymology: 1780–90 …   From formal English to slang

• pseudonarcotic — Inducing sleep by reason of a sedative effect, but not directly narcotic. * * * pseu·do·nar·cot·ic (soo″do nahr kotґik) sedative and apparently, but not directly, narcotic …   Medical dictionary