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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Sleep-inducing

Hi

Do the underlined words work naturally in these sentences? Any suggestions are welcome.

(Patient to doctor)

Please do not prescribe anything sleep-inducing. An important seminar is coming up and I have a lot of work to do.

Please do not prescribe anything soporific. An important seminar is coming up and I have a lot of work to do.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tomsleep-inducing.

It's possible but unusually formal.

Mr. Tomsoporific

This is unlikely to be used by or known to, people generally. It seems like medical argon.


You could use your first suggestion but, it would be more natural for a patient to say please do not prescribe a sedative or pl

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