Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various sleep dysfunctions, such as sleepwalking, night terrors, enuresis, or nocturnal seizures.
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- noun medicine Any of several
sleep disorders
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The most common type of parasomnia is the "disorder of arousal," which includes confusional arousals, sleepwalking (somnambulism), and sleep terrors.
Parasomnias 2010
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A parasomnia is a classification of sleep disorder where people can do some pretty complicated behaviors in their sleep.
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A parasomnia is a classification of sleep disorder where people can do some pretty complicated behaviors in their sleep.
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In other words, a parasomnia is a condition where someone is acting out his or her dreams.
Sleepless Thomas Fahy 2009
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These people are actually asleep, but they suffer conditions called parasomnia, disorders that frequently interfere with sleep, like sleepwalking or night terror.
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GUPTA: Sexsomnia is one of a host of sleep disorders called parasomnia, waking behaviors like eating, acting out violence, even driving, that all happen while still in a deep slumber.
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In rare cases, such deaths could be caused by something called parasomnia pseudo-suicide, experts say.
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Sexsomnia is a form of a sleep disorder called parasomnia, or unwanted behavior that occurs during sleep.
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The term "parasomnia" refers to a wide variety of behaviors that occur during sleep.
Parasomnias 2010
whichbe commented on the word parasomnia
An event happening during sleep, or induced or exacerbated by sleep, such as sleepwalking or asthma; not a dyssomnia.
May 13, 2008