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hypnotic

class of psychoactive drugs whose primary function is to induce sleep and to be used in the treatment of insomnia (sleeplessness), or for surgical anesthesia
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Summary

hypnotic is a drug class[1]. hypnotic ranks in the top 6% of drug class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,004 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: medication[3], hypnotics and sedatives[4], therapeutic use[5]
  • Commons category: Hypnotics[6]
  • Official website: https://en-yusleep.org/[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hypnotics[8]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9], Otto's encyclopedia[10], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • Has effect: sleep[12]
  • Health specialty: sleep medicine[13]

Why It Matters

hypnotic has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] hypnotic is known by 101 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · Abhill · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://en-yusleep.org/
    Wikidata description → class of psychoactive drugs whose primary function is to induce sleep and to be
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Official website: https://en-yusleep.org/"
  2. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → hypnotics
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: hypnotics, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289933705|hypnotics (#289933705)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → medication, hypnotics and sedatives, therapeutic use
    Instance of → drug class
    Topic's main category → Category:Hypnotics
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 6736, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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