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a combining form meaning “sleep,” “hypnosis,” used in the formation of compound words: hypnotherapy.

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Also especially before a vowel, hypn-.

Origin of hypno-

<Greek hýpno(s) sleep; see Hypnos

Words nearby hypno-

hypnagogic image, hypnagogic state, hypnagogue, hypnapagogic, hypnesthesia, hypno-, hypnoanalysis, hypnobirthing, hypnodrama, hypnogenesis, hypnogenic spot

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How to use hypno- in a sentence

As soon as we could furnish hypno-mech indoctrination in Kharanda to other psychists, I sent them along.
Time Crime|H. Beam Piper
Hypno-surgery sees to it the guys who went through the thing won't talk about it.
Voyage To Eternity|Milton Lesser
Doc, are you sure your boys have hypo'd, couched, and hypno'd the Leo crew with everything you've got?
Alien Offer|Al Sevcik
Lucy, go to bed and turn on the hypno and try to get some sleep.
One Way|Miriam Allen deFord

I think I can find it, but I'll need some special equipment, and a hypno-mech indoctrination.
Police Operation|H. Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for hypno-

hypno-

before a vowel hypn-

combining form

indicating sleephypnophobia

relating to hypnosishypnotherapy

Word Origin for hypno-

from Greek hupnos sleep

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Medical definitions for hypno-

hypno-

pref.

Sleep:hypnolepsy.

Hypnosis:hypnoanalysis.