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rapid eye movement

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) movement of the eyeballs under closed eyelids during paradoxical sleep, which occurs while the sleeper is dreaming Abbreviation REM

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rapid eye movement - a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep

paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM, REM sleep

sleep, slumber - a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"

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