somnipathy

English

Etymology

From Latin somnus (“sleep”) +‎ -pathy.

Noun

somnipathy (countable and uncountable, plural somnipathies)

1. Any sleep disorder.
2. (archaic) Sleep induced by hypnosis or similar.

References

• “somnipathy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.