HyperDic: paradoxical_sleep

English > 1 sense of the expression paradoxical sleep:
NOUNstateparadoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement, REMa recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs
English > paradoxical sleep: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting / shifting eye movements during sleep.
Synonymsrapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement, REM
Broadersleep, slumberA natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
Catalanmoviments oculars ràpids

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