HYPNOTISM
\hˈɪpnətˌɪzəm], \hˈɪpnətˌɪzəm], \h_ˈɪ_p_n_ə_t_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of HYPNOTISM
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Braidism, mesmerism, trance; an induced condition resembling somnambulism, in which the subject is seemingly asleep yet strongly under the influence of suggestion; the subject's attention is intensely concentrated upon the suggested idea, but he is oblivious to all else.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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A sleep-like condition induced by artificial means: a nervous sleep like the condition under mesmerism.
By Daniel Lyons
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An artificial somnambulism in which the mind becomes passive.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Artificially induced state resembling sleep.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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An abnormal state into which some persons may be thrown, either by a voluntary act of their own, such as gazing continuously and with fixed attention on some small bright object held close to the eyes, or by the exercise of another person's will; characterized by suspension of the will and consequent obedience to the promptings of "suggestions" from without. Perfect insensibility to pain may be induced by hypnotism, and it has been used as an anesthetic. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
