parahypnosis
parahypnosis noun: any of various forms of disordered sleep.
Noun
parahypnosis (uncountable)
- Any of various forms of disordered sleep.
- For example, we know that TV has the effect on us of triggering (among many other processes) an alpha-response, a brainwave summation that, in its relaxation, often leads into parahypnosis.1988, Semiotic Society of America, Semiotics, page 317
Origin of parahypnosis
From para- + hypnosis.
Words that rhyme with parahypnosis
- apotheosis
- symbiosis
- -osis
- abiosis
- diagnosis
- gnosis
- hypnosis
- lordosis
- arthrosis
- cytosis
- kyphosis
- meiosis
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- osmosis
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- stenosis
- synostosis
- theosis
- acanthocytosis
- acanthosis
- acidosis
- adiposis
- aerobiosis
- alkalosis
- amyloidosis
- anadiplosis
- anostosis
- aponeurosis
- apoptosis
- endocytosis
- exocytosis
- halitosis
- hemochromatosis
- ichthyosis
- koilocytosis
- lactosis
- leukoerythroblastosis
- miosis
- mitosis
- mononucleosis
- mycosis
- neoatherosclerosis
- neurosis
- ochronosis
- osteophytosis
- osteoporosis
- phagocytosis
- pinocytosis
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- potocytosis
- probiosis
- psychosis
- ptosis
- pyrosis
- retrognosis
- rubatosis
- silicosis
- simuliotoxicosis
- synchondrosis
- syndesmosis
Questions about parahypnosis
- What does parahypnosis mean?
- Parahypnosis means any of various forms of disordered sleep.
- What part of speech is parahypnosis?
- Parahypnosis is a noun.
Words near parahypnosis in the dictionary
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