somnambulism

[ som-nam-byuh-liz-uh m, suh m- ]

/ sɒmˈnæm byəˌlɪz əm, səm- /

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noun

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Nearby words

somite, somme, sommelier, sommerfeld, somnambulate, somnambulism, somni-, somnifacient, somniferous, somnific, somniloquy

Origin of somnambulism

1790–1800; < New Latin somnambulismus, equivalent to somn(us) sleep + ambul(āre) to walk + -ismus -ism

Related forms

som·nam·bu·list, nounsom·nam·bu·lis·tic, adjectivesem·i·som·nam·bu·lis·tic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for somnambulism

"Somnambulism," however, is too vague and undefined a term for our present discussion.
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death|Frederick W. H. Myers
Somnambulism is, with Luther, the result of diabolical agency.
German Culture Past and Present|Ernest Belfort Bax
Various changes are effected in the perceptions and faculties of those persons in whom somnambulism has been induced.
Curiosities of Medical Experience|J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
Regarding the causes of dreams and somnambulism, there are many theories, all of which are more or less untenable.
Remarks|Bill Nye

The impressions received in somnambulism subconsciously form independent growths, and finally reach perception as hallucinations.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung

British Dictionary definitions for somnambulism

somnambulism

/ (sɒmˈnæmbjʊˌlɪzəm) /

noun

a condition that is characterized by walking while asleep or in a hypnotic tranceAlso called: noctambulism

Derived Forms

somnambulist, nounsomnambulistic, adjective

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Medicine definitions for somnambulism

somnambulism

[ sŏm-năm′byə-lĭz′əm ]

n.

sleepwalking

Related forms

som•nam′bu•lis′tic adj.