hypnopompic

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Episodes frequently occur at sleep onset, termed hypnagogic, or while waking up from sleep, termed hypnopompic (Solomonova).

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  • Episodes frequently occur at sleep onset, termed hypnagogic, or while waking up from sleep, termed hypnopompic (Solomonova). —  Serendip's Exchange -
  • In a feverish hypnopompic delirium, I blame the supernatural. —  Slate Magazine
  • "Music" too plays its part in plugging kids in to violent, blood drenched lyrics which they play for scores of minutes each day and maybe at maximally suggestible hypnopompic / hypnogogic times. —  California Literary Review
  • In addition, the state may be accompanied by terrifying hallucinations (hypnopompic or hypnagogic) and an acute sense of danger. [ —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
 

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  1. From hypno- + Greek pompē, a sending away; see pomp.
 

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