| somnific | 1. Causing or inducing profound sleep. 2. <pharmacology> A drug or other agent which induces sleep. Origin: L. Soporificus (04 Mar 1998) |
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| somnifugous | Dispelling or resisting falling asleep. Origin: L. Somnus, sleep, + fugo, to put to flight (05 Mar 2000) |
| somniloquence | Somniloquism 1. Talking or muttering in one's sleep. Synonym: sleeptalking. Synonym: somniloquy. Origin: L. Somnus, sleep, + loquor, to talk (05 Mar 2000) |
| somniloquist | A habitual sleep-talker. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somniloquy | Talking under the influence of hypnotic suggestion. Synonym: sleeptalking, somniloquence, somniloquism. Origin: L. Somnus, sleep, + loquor, to speak (05 Mar 2000) |
| somnipathist | One affected by or under the influence of somnipathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somnipathy | 1. Any disorder of sleep. Synonym: hypnotism. Origin: L. Somnus, sleep, + G. Pathos, suffering (05 Mar 2000) |
| somnocinematograph | A device for recording the movements made by sleepers. Origin: L. Somnos, sleep, + G. Kinema, motion, + G. Grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
| somnocinematography | The process or technique of recording movements during sleep. Synonym: polycinematosomnography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somnolence | <neurology> Sleepiness, also unnatural drowsiness. Origin: L. Somnolentia = sleepiness (04 Mar 1998) |
| somnolent | 1. Drowsy; sleepy; having an inclination to sleep. 2. In a condition of incomplete sleep; saemicomatose. Origin: L. Somnus, sleep (05 Mar 2000) |
| somnolentia | Synonym: somnolence. Synonym: sleep drunkenness. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somnolescent | Inclined to sleep; drowsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somnolism | The somnolent state induced by animal magnetism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| somnoplasty | A surgical treatment for snoring. Somnoplasty uses heat energy to remove tissues of the uvula and soft palate. (see: snoring). Somnoplasty is usually done as an office procedure with local anaesthesia. It is not indicated for the treatment of sleep apnea. (12 Dec 1998) |
| somatic cell |
Any cell of a multicellular organism that composes the body of that organism but does not produce gametes. cf gamete; somatic cell gene therapy.
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| somatostatin |
Growth-hormone-inhibiting hormone. See growth hormone.
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| somatopause |
A phase in the human lifespan during which the levels of growth hormone are reduced, resulting in the dehydration of cells and organs, and a reduction in their size and function. Somatopause usually begins in people in their mid-forties, but can start earlier.
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| somite |
Paired cubical paraxial mesodermal segment, which is often used as a staging index during embryogenesis.
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| somatic cell |
Any cell of an organism that is not a germ cell.
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