rapid eye movement
rapidly shifting, continuous movements of the eyes beneath closed lids during the stage of sleep characterized by dreaming.
Origin of rapid eye movement
1- Also called REM [rem] /rɛm/ .
Words Nearby rapid eye movement
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How to use rapid eye movement in a sentence
The fourth stage of sleep is the one experts call rapid eye movement, or REM sleep.
How to get your kids on a healthy sleep schedule | Jean Levasseur | September 24, 2021 | Popular-ScienceREM — 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.
British Dictionary definitions for rapid eye movement
movement of the eyeballs under closed eyelids during paradoxical sleep, which occurs while the sleeper is dreaming: Abbreviation: REM
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