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adj. - Sleep inducing.

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  • Episodes frequently occur at sleep onset, termed hypnagogic, or while waking up from sleep, termed hypnopompic (Solomonova).
  • In medical parlance, the twitching is called hypnagogic myoclonus (the first word refers to sleep and the second to muscle twitches).
  • Apparently it's called a hypnagogic hallucination (if it happens as you're going to sleep) and a hypnopompic hallucination if it happens as you're waking.
  • The swots call it "hypnagogic", the more commercial-minded are calling it "sugary mutant pop".
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