Parasomnia

parasomnia /para·som·nia/ (-som´ne-ah) a category of sleep disorders in which abnormal events occur during sleep, such as sleepwalking or talking; due to inappropriately timed activation of physiological systems.

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par·a·som·ni·a (pr-smn-)

n.

Any of various sleep dysfunctions, such as somnambulism.

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Parasomnia

A primary sleep disorder in which the person's physiology or behaviors are affected by sleep, the sleep stage, or the transition from sleeping to waking.

Mentioned in: Sleep Disorders