sleep drunkenness

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drunkenness /drunk·en·ness/ (drung´ken-nes) inebriation.

sleep drunkenness prolonged transition from sleep to waking, with partial alertness, disorientation, drowsiness, poor coordination, and sometimes excited or violent behavior.

sleep drunkenness

Sleep disorders A form of hypersomnia in which full alertness is not achieved for a prolonged period of time after awakening; SD is characterized by automatic behaviors, disorientation, drowsiness, unsteadiness. Cf Narcolepsy, Sleep deprivation, Sleep disorders.

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