Paradoxical sleep

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of REM sleep. uncountable
  2. 2
    a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
rapid eye movementrapid eye movement sleepremrem sleep

Etymology

So called because of the similarity of the brain waves to those during waking life.

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