nrem sleep

Questions about nrem sleep

What is another word for nrem sleep?

It depends which nrem sleep you mean. In the sense “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”, the synonyms are orthodox sleep, nonrapid eye movement sleep, nonrapid eye movement, NREM. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of nrem sleep?

WordNet records no antonym for nrem sleep. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for nrem sleep come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for nrem sleepAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for nrem sleepWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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