rapid eye movement sleep
noun
QUIZZES
TAKE THIS QUIZ IF A DAZZLING VOCABULARY IS YOUR DESIDERATUM!
Have the Words of the Day from October 19–25, 2020, made an indelible mark on your memory? Take the quiz to find out!
Question 1 of 7
What does “clement” mean?
Origin of rapid eye movement sleep
First recorded in 1960–65
Words nearby rapid eye movement sleep
rapid canities, rapid chess, Rapid City, Rapid Deployment Force, rapid eye movement, rapid eye movement sleep, rapid fire, rapidity, rapidly advancing juvenile periodontitis, rapido, rapid plasma reagin test
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Scientific definitions for rapid eye movement sleep
rapid eye movement sleep
[ răp′ĭd ]
See REM sleep.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.