💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sleep paralysis"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sleep terrornoun | (pathology) A night terror. |
| hypoarousalnoun | A reduced level of arousal, typically paralysis in the presence of a threat. |
| narcolepsynoun | (pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations. |
| sexsomnianoun | A form of non-rapid eye movement parasomnia that causes people to engage in various sexual acts while they are asleep. |
| parasomnianoun | (psychiatry, medicine) Any of several sleep disorders. |
| paralysisnoun | (pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs. |
| somnopathynoun | Alternative form of somnipathy. [Any sleep disorder.] |
| somnambulismnoun | sleepwalking |
| sleep apneanoun | (pathology, American spelling) Brief interruptions of breathing during sleep. |
| somnambulationnoun | (rare) The phenomenon of sleepwalking. |
| night terrornoun | (pathology) A sleeping disorder, where sleep is interrupted by anxiety, panic or screaming. |
| cadaveric spasmnoun | (pathology) A rare form of muscular stiffening that occurs at the moment of death and persists into the period of rigor mortis. |
| general paralysisnoun | Synonym of general paresis of the insane. |
| sleep pressurenoun | The gradual buildup of adenosine in the brain, resulting in an urge to sleep. |
| general paralysis of the insanenoun | Synonym of general paresis of the insane. |
| sleep disordernoun | (pathology) A medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. |
| keraunoparalysisnoun | (medicine) Transient weakness in limbs following a lightning strike, often associated with cold, mottled skin. |
| myeloplegianoun | spinal paralysis |
| somnambulancenoun | (rare) somnambulism |
| noctambulismnoun | (rare) Sleepwalking. |
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