hypnagogic sensations definition
Hypnagogia is the experience of the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep: the hypnagogic state of consciousness, during the onset of sleep. In opposition, hypnopompia denotes the onset of wakefulness. The related words from the Greek are agÅgos leading, inducing, pompe act of sending, and hypnos sleep.
hypâ¢naâ¢gogâ¢ic. 1. of or pertaining to the period of drowsiness between wakefulness and sleep: hypnagogic hallucinations. Compare hypnopompic. 2. inducing drowsiness.