insomnia
inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
Origin of insomnia
1Other words from insomnia
- in·som·ni·ous, adjective
Words Nearby insomnia
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How to use insomnia in a sentence
Given the flood of studies, warnings, features and books about it, insomnia may come to define our age the way nostalgia defined the Romantics.
Simon Han’s ‘Nights When Nothing Happened’ is a poignant study of the immigrant experience | Ron Charles | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostAnxiety disorders, insomnia, and dementia were the most common diagnoses.
One in five covid-19 patients are diagnosed with a mental illness within three months | Charlotte Jee | November 11, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe app has emerged as a national pastime, with some using it to research where their dates live or provide an escape from the pandemic blues, or as something to scroll through during bouts of insomnia.
Behind real estate’s surprise 2020 boom and what comes next | Rachel Schallom | October 20, 2020 | FortuneI’ve battled insomnia my entire adult life, going through phases where it’ll be hard to fall asleep for months on end.
Neuralink is working on a kind of brain-computer interface that it hopes will one day help restore brain functions in humans with disorders like blindness, seizures, and insomnia.
Elon Musk shows off Neuralink brain implant technology in a living pig | jonathanvanian2015 | August 29, 2020 | Fortune
I was actually experiencing insomnia pretty intensely, and that experience informed that song.
Jenny Lewis on 'The Voyager,' the End of Rilo Kiley, and High School Classmate Angelina Jolie | Marlow Stern | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlthough Chloe dominates the student body by day, at night insomnia dominates her.
In a New Novel, Apathetic Teenagers Usher in the Apocalypse | Elliot Ackerman | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNote: Chronic deprivation has much more serious symptoms and you should seek a medical professional if you suffer from insomnia.
There are his mind-altering insomnia and his addiction to his “me-machine,” his cellphone.
Joshua Ferris’s New Novel Chronicles an Existential Dentist in Despair | Tom LeClair | May 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHow a Dutch social-media star and her strange aural stimuli helped combat my chronic insomnia.
YouTube’s Sleep Whisperers Are A Sexy Way To Combat Insomnia | Lizzie Crocker | May 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe cattle seem to suffer from insomnia occasionally, and the hot nights rouse their predatory instincts.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurIn delirium tremens, they relieve when there are great restlessness, insomnia, the general lowering of the nerve power.
You wouldn't look well, if you'd been suffering from insomnia every Afternoon for a Week!
Another favourite anecdote in New York is that of the Philadelphian who went to a doctor and complained of insomnia.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections | William ArcherFor those who still, in spite of attention to these points, suffer from insomnia, the following hints will be of service.
Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them | Charles David Musgrove
British Dictionary definitions for insomnia
/ (ɪnˈsɒmnɪə) /
chronic inability to fall asleep or to enjoy uninterrupted sleep: Related adjective: agrypnotic
Origin of insomnia
1Derived forms of insomnia
- insomnious, adjective
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Scientific definitions for insomnia
[ ĭn-sŏm′nē-ə ]
Chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep for an adequate length of time.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Cultural definitions for insomnia
[ (in-som-nee-uh) ]
A persistent and prolonged inability to sleep.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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