ORTHODOX SLEEP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orthodox sleep mean? 

• ORTHODOX SLEEP (noun)
  The noun ORTHODOX SLEEP has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ORTHODOX SLEEP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORTHODOX SLEEP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

nonrapid eye movement; nonrapid eye movement sleep; NREM; NREM sleep; orthodox sleep

Hypernyms ("orthodox sleep" is a kind of...):

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