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Definition of Paradoxical sleep
1. Noun. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep.
Generic synonyms: Sleep, Slumber
Medical Definition of Paradoxical sleep
1. A deep sleep, with a brain wave pattern more like that of waking states than of other states of sleep, which occurs during rapid eye movement sleep. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paradoxical Sleep
Literary usage of Paradoxical sleep
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"The two forms alternate throughout the night, and it would appear that "paradoxical"
sleep occurs about every one-and-a-half hours and lasts for jo to 50 ..."
2. A Bible for a Thoughtfull Skeptic by Thom Pain Jr., Thom Pain (2005)
"If we look at what is happening on the encephalogram we see that the baby has
just entered the phase known as "paradoxical sleep." This is the only time the ..."
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