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NREM sleep

American

[en-rem] / ˈɛnˌrɛm /

noun

slow-wave sleep.

NREM sleep Scientific

/ ĕn′rĕm′ /

See non-REM sleep

Etymology

Origin of NREM sleep

1960–65; n(on-)r(apid) e(ye) m(ovement)

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