Sleeplike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of sleep.

    "One well-known and well-studied sleeplike state is called nyctinasty, or night movement."

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"One well-known and well-studied sleeplike state is called nyctinasty, or night movement."

Etymology

From sleep + -like.

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