| NOUN | state | REM, paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement | a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs |
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| quantity | rem | (roentgen equivalent man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays |
| Sounds | reh'm | |
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| Rhymes | Am / AM ... stem: 21 rhymes with ehm... | |
| Meaning | A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting / shifting eye movements during sleep. | |
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| Synonyms | paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement | |
| Broader | sleep, slumber | A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended |
| Catalan | moviments oculars ràpids | |
| Meaning | (roentgen equivalent man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays. | |
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| Broader | radioactivity unit | A measure of radioactivity |
| Spanish | rem, REM | |
| Catalan | rem | |
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