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- Dictionarysoporific/sɒpəˈrɪfɪk/
adjective
- 1. tending to induce drowsiness or sleep: "the motion of the train had a somewhat soporific effect"
noun
- 1. a drug or other substance that induces drowsiness or sleep.
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2 days ago · noun. a torpid state resembling deep sleep. synonyms: sleep. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Sopor." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/sopor. Accessed 10 Jul. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles. loading examples... Word Family. sopor. the "sopor" family.
2 days ago · Alkaloids are a class of basic, naturally occurring organic compounds that contain at least one nitrogen atom. This group also includes some related compounds with neutral [2] and even weakly acidic properties. [3] . Some synthetic compounds of similar structure may also be termed alkaloids. [4] .
1 day ago · Sleep. Sleeping Girl, Domenico Fetti, c. 1615. Sleep is a state of reduced mental and physical activity in which consciousness is altered and certain sensory activity is inhibited. During sleep, there is a marked decrease in muscle activity and interactions with the surrounding environment.
1 day ago · Bupropion, formerly called amfebutamone, [16] and sold under the brand name Wellbutrin among others, is an atypical antidepressant primarily used to treat major depressive disorder and to support smoking cessation.
3 days ago · Karen Carpenter was never seen as a groundbreaking figure during her lifetime. Among most rock and roll fans in the 1970s, she and her brother Richard were the anti-Christ. Soporific love ballads of a bygone day. Such criticism may be fairly laid atop Richard, whose arrangements of many Carpenters songs, with a few notable exceptions, were ...
3 days ago · Drinking my Religion My journey of recovery, like that of many, began with the stark realization that I needed to break free from the prison of addiction. But let me be clear: I did not do this alone. And while abstinence from alcohol was the first crucial step and the brain fog eventually cleared, I came to realize that true sobriety extends far beyond simply putting down the bottle. It ...
1 day ago · In the process, we neglect and abuse something less easily defined but arguably more important: decency, morality, community, ourselves. A madou still keeps close the medicinal knowledge of the bush, which is why we were here, at the market, getting lion fat. I had returned to Mali to visit Amadou and our nomadic friends in the bush.
