nonrapid eye movement

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Related to nonrapid eye movement: NREM sleep, NREM, REM Cycle

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nonrapid eye movement - 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

nonrapid eye movement sleep, NREM, NREM sleep, orthodox 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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Some authors propose that prolonged and persistent periods of apnea associated with desaturation and hypercapnia during nonrapid eye movement sleep should be demonstrated for diagnosis.

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Sexsomnia, also known as "sex sleep", is considered a form of "nonrapid eye movement sleep".

MAN BLAMED 'SEXSOMNIA' FOR ATTACK ON TEENAGER; But judge slaps longer jail sentence on pervert who claimed he was asleep

We now know that sleep is a repetitive cycle of nonrapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid eye movement (REM) phases.