Definition of Somnambulism

Som`nam´bu`lism
n.1.A condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs actions appropriate to the waking state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary powers are partially awake; noctambulism.


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amnesia, beauty sleep, beddy-bye, bedtime, blanket drill, bye-bye, catalepsy, cataplexy, catatonic stupor, daydreaming, daze, doze, dream state, dreamland, drowse, fitful sleep, fugue, fugue state, hibernation, hypnotic trance, land of Nod, light sleep, night-wandering, nightwalking, noctambulation, noctambulism, noctivagation, repose, reverie, shut-eye, silken repose, sleep, sleepland, sleepwalk, sleepwalking, slumber, slumberland, snoozle, somniloquy, somnus, stupor, trance, unconsciousness, winter sleep


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