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Soporific

Something such as a drug that causes or induces profound sleep. Tending to cause sleep or to dull the sense of awareness or alertness. The word "soporific" is derived from "sopor" meaning "deep sleep." The root is "somnus," the Latin for "sleep" (and the name of the Roman god of sleep.)

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1. Causing sleep. SYN: somnifacient, somniferous, somnific, soporiferous. 2. SYN: hypnotic (2). [L. sopor, deep sleep, + facio, to make]

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so·po·rif·ic -'rif-ik adj causing or tending to cause sleep

soporific n a soporific agent (as a drug)

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n.

see hypnotic

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sop·o·rif·ic (sop″o-rifґik) (so″po-rifґik) [sopor + L. facere to make] 1. causing or inducing profound sleep. 2. hypnotic (def. 2).

Medical dictionary. 2011.