hypnic
Pertaining to drowsiness
Hypnic relates to sleep or the transition into sleep.
A hypnic jerk is the sudden muscle twitch that sometimes startles you awake just as you're falling asleep.
The word appears almost exclusively in this phrase and in medical contexts: hypnic headaches, hypnic hallucinations.
Nearly falling asleep
- somnolentInclined toward sleep
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- dozingLightly, briefly unconscious
- napBrief daytime rest
bedtime · dreams · nightmares · nocturnal · insomnia · snoring · pillow · mattress
Involuntary muscular jerk
- spasmInvoluntary muscle contraction
- myoclonusSudden brief muscle jerks
- startleFrighten suddenly
- falling sensationPerception of rapid descent
Light after sunset
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- liminalAt a threshold
- half-asleepPartially conscious, drowsy
- driftingMoving without purpose
borderland · in-between · transition · dreamlike · hallucination · visions · floating · dissociation
Seat of cognition
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
- synapseNerve signal crossing point
- neurotransmittersChemical neural messengers
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
EEG · electroencephalogram · brainwave · sleep spindles · neural pathways · cerebrum · central nervous system · neuroscience
drowsy
Nearly falling asleep
- somnolentInclined toward sleep
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- dozingLightly, briefly unconscious
nap · bedtime · dreams · nightmares · nocturnal · insomnia · snoring · pillow · mattress · blanket
twitch
Involuntary muscular jerk
falling sensation · muscle contraction · sleep start · jolt · kick
twilight
Light after sunset
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- liminalAt a threshold
- half-asleepPartially conscious, drowsy
drifting · borderland · in-between · transition · dreamlike · hallucination · visions · floating · dissociation · consciousness
brain
Seat of cognition
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
- synapseNerve signal crossing point
- neurotransmittersChemical neural messengers
cortex · EEG · electroencephalogram · brainwave · sleep spindles · neural pathways · cerebrum · central nervous system · neuroscience · thalamus
hypnicstimulant
Alertness-boosting drug
excitatory · activating · arousing · energizing · invigorating
- hypnotic tranceInduced suggestible consciousness
- hypnotic suggestionCommand given under trance
- highway hypnosisTrance from monotonous driving
- road hypnosisDrowsy trance from monotonous driving
- stage hypnosisTheatrical induction of trance
- stage hypnotistEntertainer suggesting acts onstage
hypnotic, hypnotize, hypnotized, hypnosis, hypnotist, hypnotism, hypnotizing, hypnotherapy, hypnotherapist