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Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form. -- Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic*al*ly, adv.

A diminution in the normal amount of fibrin present in the blood.

Leading to sleep; -- applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.

A somnambulist. [R.]

A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts.

Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to cause an attack of hypnotic sleep. De Watteville.

One who is versed in hypnology.

A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep.

An instrument for ascertaining the susceptibility of a person to hypnotic influences.

Supervention of sleep.

Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.

A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object he…

The act or process of producing hypnotism.

To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism.

One who hypnotizes.

The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss.

Hypochondria. [Colloq.]

, or in a low state of oxidization, usually the lowest, into the compounds indicated; as, hyposulphurous acid.

Of or pertaining to a hypoarion.

An oval lobe beneath each of the optic lobes in many fishes; one of the inferior lobes. Owen.