Meaning of SOPORIFIC
| Pronunciation: | | `sâpu'rifik
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- [n] a drug that induces sleep
- [adj] inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech"
- [adj] sleep inducing
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| | Synonyms: | | depressant, hypnagogic, hypnogogic, hypnotic, narcotic, somniferous, somnific, soporiferous, uninteresting |
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| | See Also: | | drug, hypnagogue, narcoleptic, sleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet | |
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\Sop`o*rif"ic\ (?; 277), a. [L. sopor a heavy sleep
(akin to somnus sleep) + facere to make. See {Somnolent},
{Fact}.]
Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the
soporific virtues of opium.
Syn: Somniferous; narcotic; opiate; anodyne.
\Sop`o*rif"ic\, n.
A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality
of inducing sleep; a narcotic.
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