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noun Physiology.

REM sleep.

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Origin of paradoxical sleep

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby paradoxical sleep

paradoxical intention, paradoxically, paradoxical pulse, paradoxical reflex, paradoxical respiration, paradoxical sleep, paradrop, paraesthesia, par. aff., paraffin, paraffine

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How to use paradoxical sleep in a sentence

Lee would stay up late, unable to sleep from the pains he had in his back.
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The two major complaints minority communities have against the police seem at first glance paradoxical.
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On some Sundays he came to church with only two hours of sleep.
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Zubaydah and two other detainees were subsequently waterboarded, and subjected to other methods including sleep deprivation.
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Detainees there were subject to sleep deprivation, shackled to bars with their hands above their heads.
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At last Aristide fed him desperately, dandled him eventually to sleep, and returned to an excited pillow.
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Punch scratched himself in his sleep, and Judy moaned a little.
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Until we work up some weeks' reserve of water, food and cartridges, I shan't sleep sound.
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The white light of the moon had fallen upon the world like the mystery and the softness of sleep.
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So how do you suppose Yung Pak's mother used to put him to sleep in this land where cradles were unknown?
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British Dictionary definitions for paradoxical sleep

paradoxical sleep

noun

physiol sleep that appears to be deep but that is characterized by a brain wave pattern similar to that of wakefulness, rapid eye movements, and heavier breathing

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Medical definitions for paradoxical sleep

paradoxical sleep

REM sleep

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