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somnos

somnos noun: a hypnotic and sedative drug containing chloral hydrate.

Noun

somnos (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A hypnotic and sedative drug containing chloral hydrate.
    • The subcommittee's report to the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry shows that the action of somnos is practically identical with that of a 5 per cent elixir of hydrated chloral.1906, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 47, pages 872–875

Origin of somnos

From a proprietary name, from Latin somnos (“sleep”).

Questions about somnos

What does somnos mean?
Somnos means a hypnotic and sedative drug containing chloral hydrate.
What part of speech is somnos?
Somnos is a noun.

Words near somnos in the dictionary

  1. somnophilia
  2. somnophiliac
  3. somnophiliacs
  4. somnoplasty
  5. somnorific
  6. somnos
  7. Somnus
  8. Somo
  9. Somoge
  10. Somogy
  11. Somogyi

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