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NREM

Definition: NREM

NREM

Noun

1. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Abbreviations & Acronyms: NREM

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

NREM

EnglishNon rapid eye movementsN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: NREM

Synonyms: nonrapid eye movement (n), nonrapid eye movement sleep (n), orthodox sleep (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: non rapid eye movements (medicine).

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Crosswords: NREM

English words defined with "NREM": NREM sleeppavor nocturnussleep terror disorder. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: NREM

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

After about an hour and a half of NREM sleep, the brain waves begin to show a more active pattern again, even though the person is in deep sleep. (references)

In narcolepsy, the order and length of NREM and REM sleep periods are disturbed, with REM sleep occurring at sleep onset instead of after a period of NREM sleep. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: NREM

Expression using "NREM": nrem sleep. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: NREM

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  nrem

3

  nrem rem sleep sleep

3

  nrem sleep

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: NREM

Language Translations for "NREM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

NREM-søvn (NREM sleep), non-REM søvn (NREM sleep). (various references)

   

German

  

NREM-Schlaf (non rapid eye movements, non-REM sleep, NREM sleep, slow sleep). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sonno tranquillo (non rapid eye movements, non-REM sleep, NREM sleep, slow sleep), sonno NREM (NREM sleep). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

emnray

   

Spanish

  

sueño ortodoxo (NREM sleep), sueño NREM (non rapid eye movements, non-REM sleep, NREM sleep, slow sleep), sueño lento (non rapid eye movements, non-REM sleep, NREM sleep, slow sleep), sueño de ondas lentas (NREM sleep). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: NREM

Derivations

Words containing "NREM": unremarkable, unremarkably, unremarked, unremembered, unreminiscent, unremitting, unremittingly, unremorseful, unremovable. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: NREM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-m-n-r"

-1 letter: ern, men, rem.

-2 letters: em, en, er, me, ne, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-m-n-r"
 

+1 letter: enorm, miner, namer, ramen, reman, rumen.

 

+2 letters: airmen, almner, barmen, carmen, damner, enamor, engram, ermine, frenum, german, germen, limner, manger, manner, manure, marine, marten, meaner, mender, menhir, mentor, merino, merlin, merlon, merman, mermen, mincer, minder, miners, minter, moaner, modern, monger, moreen, morgen, murein, murine, namers, normed, number, preman, premen, ragmen, ramens, regnum, remain, remand, remans, remend, remind, remint, rename, rodmen, rumens, sermon, vermin.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: NREM


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 52 45 4D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.    .-.    .    --

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01010010 01000101 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#82 &#69 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0052 0045 004D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

48523947

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Abbreviations
9. Acronyms
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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