| sleeptalking | Synonym: somniloquence, somniloquy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sleepwaker | On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sleepwalker | One who is subject to somnambulism. Synonym: sleepwalker. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sleepwalking | <psychiatry, neurology> Sleepwalking, rising out of bed and walking about during an apparent state of sleep, usually occurring in the first third of the night and lasting a few minutes to a half hour. Origin: L. Somnus = sleep, ambulare = to walk (18 Nov 1997) |
| sleepy | 1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. "She waked her sleepy crew." (Dryden) 2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion. 3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. "'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to speedily and strongly." (Shak) 4. Characterised by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security. <zoology> Sleepy duck, the ruddy duck. Origin: AS. Slpig. See Sleep. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sleepyhead | 1. A sleepy person. "To bed, to bed, says Sleepyhead." (Mother Goose) 2. <zoology> The ruddy duck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sleeve graft | A graft for repairing a severed nerve by connecting central and peripheral ends with a sleevelike structure, commonly, a segment of vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sleevefish | <zoology> A squid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| slender | 1. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. "A slender, choleric man." "She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore." (Milton) 2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution. "Mighty hearts are held in slender chains." (Pope) "They have inferred much from slender premises." (J. H. Newman) "The slender utterance of the consonants." (J. Byrne) 3. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence. "A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos." (Sir W. Scott) 4. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance. "Frequent begging makes slender alms." (Fuller) 5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet. "The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence." (Philips) 6. Uttered with a thin tone; the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. Slen"derly, Slen"derness. Origin: OE. Slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. Slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. Slinderen, slidderen, to creep; perh. Akin to E. Slide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| slender fasciculus | gracile fasciculus |
| slender lobule | The anterior portion of the posteroinferior lobule of the cerebellum, the posterior portion being the semilunar lobule inferior; the two correspond to the tuber of the vermis. Synonym: lobulus gracilis, slender lobule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| slender process of malleus | A slender spur running anteriorward from the neck of the malleus toward the petrotympanic fissure. Synonym: processus anterior mallei, Folli's process, follian process, long process of malleus, processus gracilis, processus ravii, Rau's process, Ravius' process, slender process of malleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| slepez | <zoology> A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Synonym: mole rat. Origin: Russ. Sliepets'. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sleuthhound | <zoology> A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound. [Spelt variously slouthhound, sluthhound, etc. See: Sleuth, and cf. Slothound. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| slew rate | In electronic pacemaker function, the maximum rate of change of an amplifier output voltage; important variable affecting heart function as controlled by an electronic pacemaker. Sensing circuits in the pacemaker often respond to the slew rate rather than to the absolute amplitude of the voltage pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Chronic Insomnia, DIMS (Disorders of Initiating and Maintaining Sleep), Early Awakening, Insomnia Disorder, Nonorganic Insomnia, Primary Insomnia, Psychophysiological Insomnia, Rebound Insomnia, Secondary Insomnia, Sleep Initiation Dysfunction, Awakening, Early
Synonyms :
Synonyms : Drowsinesses, Sleep Stage, Stage, Sleep, Stages, Sleep
Synonyms : Eye Movement, Rapid, Eye Movements, Rapid, Fast Wave Sleep, Movement, Rapid Eye, Movements, Rapid Eye, REM Sleep, Rapid Eye Movement, Sleep, Fast Wave, Sleep, Paradoxical, Sleep, Rhombencephalic
Synonyms : Jactatio Capitis Nocturna, Movement Disorders, Rhythmic Nocturnal, Nocturnal Sleep Head Banging, Rhythmic Movement Disorders, Nocturnal, Sleep-Wake Transitional Disorders, Transition Disorders, Sleep-Wake, Transitional Disorders, Sleep-Wake, Starts, Sleep
| sleep terror disorder |
[DSM-IV] a sleep disorder of the parasomnia group, consisting of repeated episodes of pavor nocturnus (sleep terrors).
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| sleepwalking disorder |
[DSM-IV] a sleep disorder of the parasomnia group, consisting of repeated episodes of somnambulism.
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| sleep |
(sleep) (sl[emacr]p) a period of rest for the body and mind, during which volition and consciousness are in partial or complete abeyance and the bodily functions partially suspended. Sleep has also been described as a behavioral state marked by a characteristic immobile posture and diminished but readily reversible sensitivity to external stimuli. Sleep is divisible into two types: NREM (non
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| sleep disorder |
is one in which a person has difficulty achieving restful restorative sleep (Level 4). In addition to other symptoms, patients with fibromyalgia usually have a sleep disorder.
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| sleep apnea |
a condition in which breathing stops for very short periods of time during sleep
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| sle | cover up a misdemeanor |
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| sle | in a sleek glossy manner |
| sle | the smooth feel of silk fabric |
| sle | euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) |
| sle | a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended |
| sle | a torpid state resembling sleep |
| sle | a period of time spent sleeping |
| sle | be asleep |
| sle | be able to accommodate for sleeping |
| sle | apnea that occurs during sleep |
| sle | a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern |
| sle | sleep later than usual or customary |