Usually means: Induces sleep; a sleeping agent.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. somnifacient: Merriam-Webster
  2. somnifacient: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. somnifacient: Collins English Dictionary
  4. somnifacient: Wordnik
  5. somnifacient: Wiktionary
  6. somnifacient: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. somnifacient: Dictionary.com
  8. somnifacient: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  9. somnifacient: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. somnifacient: Legal dictionary

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. somnifacient: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  5. somnifacient: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (somnifacient)

▸ adjective:  Inducing or causing sleep.
▸ noun:  Any pharmaceutical product that causes sleep.

Similar:
somniferous, somnogenic, somnorific, hypnagogic, soporific, opiate, hypnotic, hypnogenous, narcotic, hypnogenic, more...

Opposite:
stimulant, invigorating, energizing

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Similar:
somniferous, somnogenic, somnorific, hypnagogic, soporific, opiate, hypnotic, hypnogenous, narcotic, hypnogenic, more...

Opposite:
stimulant, invigorating, energizing



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