NONRAPID EYE MOVEMENT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time

Synonyms:

nonrapid eye movement; nonrapid eye movement sleep; NREM; NREM sleep; orthodox sleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("nonrapid eye movement" 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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