RAPID EYE MOVEMENT SLEEP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rapid eye movement sleep mean? 

• RAPID EYE MOVEMENT SLEEP (noun)
  The noun RAPID EYE MOVEMENT SLEEP has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RAPID EYE MOVEMENT SLEEP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAPID EYE MOVEMENT SLEEP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

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

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

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

 Context examples 

Cerebrospinal fluid during non–rapid eye movement sleep also clears metabolic waste products from the brain.

(Deep Sleep May Play Role in Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)