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Twilight Sleep

Definition: Twilight Sleep

Twilight Sleep

Noun

1. A state of general anesthesia in which the person retains a slight degree of consciousness; can be induced by injection of scopolamine or morphine.

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


Frequency of Internet Keywords: Twilight Sleep

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

twilight sleep

17
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Twilight sleep

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Twilight sleep is an amnesic condition characterized by insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness, induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine, especially to relieve the pain of childbirth. Also known as a "zombie state."

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Twilight sleep."

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Modern Translation: Twilight Sleep

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

Arabic 

  

‏خدار ناشئ من حقن بالمورفين, ‏الخدار. (various references)

   

French

  

morphée. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ύπνωση πρόσ μετρίαση των πόνων του τοκετού. (various references)

   

Manx

  

cadley hoalley. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ilighttway eepslay

   

Turkish

  

doğumda kullanılan hafif anestezi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Twilight Sleep

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-g-h-i-i-l-l-p-s-t-t-w"

-3 letters: weightiest.

-4 letters: twilights.

-5 letters: eighties, epithets, ghillies, hilliest, lewisite, lightest, littlish, pithiest, thelitis, thewiest, tillites, twilight, wellsite, whitiest, whittles, withiest.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams 		5. Bibliography


  

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