RAPID EYE MOVEMENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep

Synonyms:

paradoxical sleep; rapid eye movement; rapid eye movement sleep; REM; REM sleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("rapid eye movement" is a kind of...):

sleep; slumber (a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended)

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