hypnosis

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hyp·no·sis [hypnosis hypnoses] BrE [hɪpˈnəʊsɪs] NAmE [hɪpˈnoʊsɪs] noun uncountable
1. an unconscious state in which sb can still see and hear and can be influenced to follow commands or answer questions
•She only remembered details of the accident under hypnosis.
2. = ↑hypnotism
•He uses hypnosis as part of the treatment.
•Hypnosis helped me give up smoking.

Word Origin:
late 19th cent.: from Greek hupnos ‘sleep’ + -osis.

Example Bank:
•changes in breathing observed during hypnosis
•the things that people remember under hypnosis