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Definition of Agrypnotic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to agrypnia.
Definition of Agrypnotic
1. n. Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee.
Definition of Agrypnotic
1. Adjective. (medicine) Preventing sleep; causing wakefulness; insomniac. ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) A medication that prevents sleep. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agrypnotic
Literary usage of Agrypnotic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1920)
"agrypnotic, ah-grip-not'-ik. A drug preventing sleep. Ague, a'-gu. Malarial or
intermittent fever. A., Brass-founders*, a disease of brass-founders, ..."
2. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"A lethargic state of wakefulness, with low, muttering delirium : also called Coma
vigil. agrypnotic (a-grip-not'ic). 1. Promoting sleeplessness. 2. ..."
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