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PARADOXICAL SLEEP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
Synonyms:
paradoxical sleep; rapid eye movement; rapid eye movement sleep; REM; REM sleep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("paradoxical sleep" is a kind of...):
sleep; slumber (a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended)
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