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View synonyms for rapid eye movement

rapid eye movement

noun

  1. rapidly shifting, continuous movements of the eyes beneath closed lids during the stage of sleep characterized by dreaming.


rapid eye movement

noun

  1. movement of the eyeballs under closed eyelids during paradoxical sleep, which occurs while the sleeper is dreaming REM
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rapid eye movement1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

Researchers found no evidence that slumbering longer at any one stage of sleep affected brain functions, contradicting a long-debated hypothesis that rapid eye movement or REM sleep is more beneficial to healthier brain function.

They have long thought these insights came from the rapid eye movement stage of sleep, which is rich with dreams and begins an hour or more into the sleep cycle.

You never enter restful rapid eye movement sleep, since you have spent the night basically holding your breath.

While in rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep, which is the deepest stage of sleep, the seals stayed upside down, oblivious to their slow descent.

Sleeping for longer, uninterrupted periods of time allows for REM sleep, a period of unconscious rapid eye movement that corresponds with high activity in the brain.

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