somnambulism

somnambulism
n.
sleep-walking: walking about and performing other actions in a semiautomatic way during sleep without later memory of doing so. It is common during childhood and may persist into adult life. It can also arise spontaneously or as the result of stress or hypnosis.
Derivatives:
somnambulistic adj.

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  • somnambulism — SOMNAMBULÍSM s.n. 1. Stare de automatism inconştient manifestată prin părăsirea patului în timpul somnului şi executarea unor acte coordonate de care individul în cauză nu şi mai aminteşte la trezire; noctambulism. 2. Executare automată a unor… …   Dicționar Român

  • Somnambulism — Som*nam bu*lism, n. [Cf. F. somnambulisme. See {Somnambulation}.] A condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs actions appropriate to the waking state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • somnambulism — 1794 (as somnambulation), from Mod.L. somnambulus sleepwalker, from L. somnus sleep (see SOMNOLENCE (Cf. somnolence)) + ambulare to walk (see AMBLE (Cf. amble)). Won out over noctambulation …   Etymology dictionary

  • somnambulism — ► NOUN ▪ sleepwalking. DERIVATIVES somnambulant adjective somnambulist noun somnambulistic adjective. ORIGIN from Latin somnus sleep + ambulare to walk …   English terms dictionary

  • somnambulism — [säm nam′byo͞oliz΄əm, səmnam′byo͞oliz΄əm] n. 1. the act or practice of somnambulating; sleepwalking 2. the trancelike state of one who somnambulates somnambulist n. somnambulistic adj. somnambulistically adv …   English World dictionary

  • somnambulism — noun Date: 1797 1. an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (as walking) are performed 2. actions characteristic of somnambulism • somnambulist noun • somnambulistic adjective • somnambulistically adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Somnambulism — Sleepwalking. Purposeful moving, usually but not always including walking, while in a deep stage of sleep. Sleepwalking occurs most frequently in children, particularly boys. Sedatives tend to exacerbate rather than cure sleepwalking. The best… …   Medical dictionary

  • somnambulism — somnambulist, n. somnambulistic, adj. /som nam byeuh liz euhm, seuhm /, n. sleepwalking. [1790 1800; < NL somnambulismus, equiv. to somn(us) sleep + ambul(are) to walk + ismus ISM] * * * …   Universalium

  • somnambulism — noun sleepwalking …   Wiktionary

  • somnambulism — Synonyms and related words: amnesia, beauty sleep, beddy bye, bedtime, blanket drill, bye bye, catalepsy, cataplexy, catatonic stupor, daydreaming, daze, doze, dream state, dreamland, drowse, fitful sleep, fugue, fugue state, hibernation,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • somnambulísm — s. n. (sil. mf. somn ) …   Romanian orthography

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