Meaning of SOMNAMBULISM
| Pronunciation: | | sâm'nambyû`lizum
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[n] walking by a person who is asleep |
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SOMNAMBULISM is a 12 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation |
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| | See Also: | | sleeping, walk, walking | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Som*nam"bu*lism\, n. [Cf. F. somnambulisme. See
{Somnambulation}.]
A condition of the nervous system in which an individual
during sleep performs actions approppriate 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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