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rapid eye movement sleep

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noun

REM sleep.

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Origin of rapid eye movement sleep

First recorded in 1960–65
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Science definitions for rapid eye movement sleep

rapid eye movement sleep

[ răp′ĭd ]

See REM sleep.
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