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hyp•no•a•nal•y•sis
(hip′nō ə nal′ə sis),USA pronunciation n.
hyp•no•an•a•lyt•ic
(hip′nō an′l it′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
- Psychotherapya method of psychoanalysis in which a patient is put into hypnosis in an attempt to secure analytic data, free associations, and early emotional reactions.
- 1915–20; hypno- + analysis