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Definition: REM Sleep |
REM SleepNoun1. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of Rapid Eye Movements during sleep. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: REM SleepSynonyms: paradoxical sleep (n), rapid eye movement (n), rapid eye movement sleep (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: REM Sleep |
| English words defined with "REM sleep": narcolepsy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "REM sleep": REM Sleep Parasomnias. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Many antidepressants suppress REM sleep. (references) | |
Infants, by contrast, spend about half of their sleep time in REM sleep. (references) | ||
One study found that REM sleep affects learning of certain mental skills. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Karen Shanor | If we miss that REM sleep, and alcohol and a lot of medications cut down the proportion in REM sleep, you actually have memory problems. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expressions using "REM sleep": REM Sleep Behavior Disorder ♦ REM Sleep Parasomnias. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rem sleep | 83 |
rem sleep behavior disorder | 8 |
rem sleep disorder | 6 |
rem sleep dream | 3 |
nrem rem sleep sleep | 3 |
rem sleep stage | 2 |
rem sleep xanax | 2 |
non rem sleep | 2 |
rem sleep deprivation | 2 |
conjunctivitis rem sleep | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "REM sleep"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Danish | REM-søvnfase (rapid-eye-movement sleep phase, REM sleep phase). (various references) | ||||
Dutch | REM-slaap (rapid-eye-movement sleep phase, REM sleep phase), slaapfase met snelle oogbewegingen (rapid-eye-movement sleep phase, REM sleep phase), paradoxe slaap (rapid-eye-movement sleep phase, REM sleep phase). (various references) | ||||
French | phase de sommeil à mouvements rapides de l'oeil (REM sleep phase). (various references) | ||||
German | REM-Schlafphase (rapid-eye-movement sleep phase, REM sleep phase). (various references) | ||||
Italian | fase di sonno con movimenti rapidi dell'occhio (rapid-eye-movement sleep phase, REM sleep phase), fase di sonne REM (rapid-eye-movement sleep phase, REM sleep phase). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | emray eepslay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-l-m-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: peelers, sleeper. | |
-2 letters: emeers, lepers, melees, merles, peeler, repels, seemer, semple, sempre. | |
-3 letters: emeer, epees, leers, leper, melee, meres, merle, merls, peels, peers, peles, perms, perse, prees, prese, reels, repel, resee, sleep, speel, speer, sperm, spree. | |
-4 letters: eels, elms, else, emes, epee, leer, lees, mels, mere, merl, peel, peer, pees, pele, perm, pree, reel. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-l-m-p-r-s" | |
+2 letters: ephemerals. | |
+3 letters: metroplexes, timepleaser. | |
+4 letters: implementers, pamphleteers, preassembled, replacements, supplementer, timepleasers. | |
+5 letters: depolymerizes, exemplariness, exemplarities, kapellmeister, nephelometers, presettlement, redeployments, reemployments, replenishment, semipermeable, supersalesmen, supplementers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 4D 53 6C 65 65 70 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01001101 00100000 01010011 01101100 01100101 01100101 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E M   S l e e p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 004D 0053 006C 0065 0065 0070 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52394725378717182 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Quotations: Spoken 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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