- REM sleep
- nouna recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep• Syn: ↑paradoxical sleep, ↑rapid eye movement sleep, ↑rapid eye movement, ↑REM
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nounUsage: usually capitalized R&E&M: a state of sleep that recurs cyclically several times during a normal period of sleep and that is characterized especially by increased neuronal activity of the forebrain and midbrain, depressed muscle tone, dreaming, and rapid eye movements — called also paradoxical sleep rapid eye movement sleep* * *
Physiol.a recurrent period of sleep, typically totaling about two hours a night, during which most dreaming occurs as the eyes move under closed lids and the skeletal muscles are deeply relaxed. Also called paradoxical sleep. Cf. slow-wave sleep.[1965-70]* * *
REM sleep nounAny of the phases of sleep accompanied by rapid eye movement• • •Main Entry: ↑REM* * *
a stage of sleep during which you dream and your eyes make small quick movements. REM is an abbreviation for rapid eye movement .* * *
REM sleep,= paradoxical sleep. (Cf. ↑paradoxical sleep)* * *
[rem]n. a kind of sleep that occurs at intervals during the night and is characterized by rapid eye movements, more dreaming and bodily movement, and faster pulse and breathing* * *
noun [noncount]: a stage of sleep during which you dream and your eyes make quick movements — called also rapid eye movement sleep, REM
Useful english dictionary. 2012.