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.
Parasomnia
parasomnia
par·a·som·ni·a (p r  -s m n -)n. Any of various sleep dysfunctions, such as somnambulism. |
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
parasomnia
Sleep disorders A dyssomnic event occurring during sleep, or induced or exacerbated by sleep–eg, sleepwalking. See Sleep
disorder.
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