SOMNAMBULISM
\sˈɒmnɐmbjˌuːlɪzəm], \sˈɒmnɐmbjˌuːlɪzəm], \s_ˈɒ_m_n_ɐ_m_b_j_ˌuː_l_ɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of SOMNAMBULISM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A parasomnia characterized by a partial arousal that occurs during stage IV of non-REM sleep. Affected individuals exhibit semipurposeful behaviors such as ambulation and are difficult to fully awaken. Children are primarily affected, with a peak age range of 4-6 years.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
By James Champlin Fernald
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A condition of the brain which occasions the individual to execute, during sleep, some of those actions that commonly take place when awake. It has been imagined that the somnambulist is guided solely by his subjective sensations; but there are many facts which induce the belief that the external senses are not always entirely suspended. The causes of somnambulism are very obscure; and the principal indication of treatment is, - so to arrange the bedchamber of the somnambulist, that he cannot get out of it during sleep; and to avoid suppers, as well as all bodily and mental excitement.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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