Somnambulism (redirected from somnambulist)

somnambulism /som·nam·bu·lism/ (som-nam´bu-lizm) sleepwalking; rising out of bed and walking about or performing other complex motor behavior during an apparent state of sleep.

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som·nam·bu·lism (sm-nmby-lzm)

n.

See sleepwalking.

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som·nambu·listic adj.

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Somnambulism

Another term for sleepwalking.

Mentioned in: Sleep Disorders

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somnambulism (somnam´būlizm),

n a habitual walking in the sleep; a hypnotic state in which the subject has full possession of senses but no subsequent recollection.