Agrypnotic is a medical term used to describe a drug that prevents or alleviates insomnia. The word is spelled with a combination of both Greek and Latin roots, which are pronounced as /əˈɡrɪpnɒtɪk/. The first syllable "agryp-" is rooted in the Greek word "agrypnia" meaning sleeplessness, while the second part "-notic" is from the Latin word "notare" meaning to mark. The word conveys the meaning of a drug that can mark the end of sleeplessness. Agrypnotics help people to sleep better and improve their overall well-being.
Sleepless; marked by, or suffering from, insomnia.
A practical medical dictionary. By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop. Published 1920.
The word agrypnotic is a compound word derived from Greek roots. The first part, a- is a negative prefix in Greek, indicating not or without. The second part, grypnos, comes from the Greek word grupnos, meaning sleep. The suffix -tic is used to form adjectives from nouns. Therefore, agrypnotic literally translates to without sleep or not producing sleep.