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somnolytic

somnolytic adjective: that prevents sleep.

Adjective

somnolytic (comparative more somnolytic, superlative most somnolytic)

  1. That prevents sleep

Noun

somnolytic (plural somnolytics)

  1. Any agent that has this effect

Forms of somnolytic

Adjective
comparativemore somnolytic
superlativemost somnolytic
Noun
pluralsomnolytics

Origin of somnolytic

From somno- + -lytic.

Questions about somnolytic

What does somnolytic mean?
Somnolytic means that prevents sleep.
What part of speech is somnolytic?
Somnolytic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near somnolytic in the dictionary

  1. somnolizing
  2. somnological
  3. somnologist
  4. somnologists
  5. somnology
  6. somnolytic
  7. somnolytics
  8. somnopathy
  9. somnopentyl
  10. somnophilia
  11. somnophiliac

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