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rapid eye movement
noun
- rapidly shifting, continuous movements of the eyes beneath closed lids during the stage of sleep characterized by dreaming.
rapid eye movement
noun
- movement of the eyeballs under closed eyelids during paradoxical sleep, which occurs while the sleeper is dreaming REM
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rapid eye movement1
First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences
The fourth stage of sleep is the one experts call rapid eye movement, or REM sleep.
From Popular-Science
REM — rapid eye movement — sleep is a particularly interesting sleep stage in which muscle paralysis may allow us to experience dark and negative dreams with no risk of acting them out.
From Washington Post
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