Hypnosis
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- a trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced
- the art or skill of hypnotism
Hypnosis (from the Greek hypnos, "sleep") is "a trance-like state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject."
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