Somnipathy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Somnipathy \Som*nip"a*thy\, n. [L. somnus sleep + Gr. ? a
     suffering of the body, fr. ?, ?, to suffer.]
     Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like.
     [Written also {somnopathy}.]
     [1913 Webster] Somnolence