noun
hypnotic drug; sleep-inducing medication
Medical term for a drug that induces sleep; used in clinical or pharmacological contexts.
医師は不眠症の患者に誘眠剤を処方した。
The doctor prescribed a hypnotic drug for the insomnia patient.
催眠剤 also means hypnotic drug, but 誘眠剤 specifically emphasizes inducing sleep rather than hypnosis.
Compound of 誘 (ゆう, 'invite, induce'), 眠 (みん, 'sleep'), and 剤 (ざい, 'drug, medicine').