TWILIGHT SLEEP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of general anesthesia in which the person retains a slight degree of consciousness; can be induced by injection of scopolamine or morphine

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("twilight sleep" is a kind of...):

general anaesthesia; general anesthesia (a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation))

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