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Sleep disorder
The disturbance of normal sleep patterns caused by a broad range of illnesses, including dysfunctional sleep mechanisms, abnormalities in physiological functions during sleep, abnormalities of the biological clock, and sleep disturbances that are induced by factors extrinsic to the sleep process.
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Sleep disorder
snoring
Health care; Sleep disorder
Noise produced with inspiratory respiration during sleep owing to vibration of the soft palate and the pillars of the oropharyngeal inlet. Forty-five percent of normal adults snore at least ...
transient insomnia
Health care; Sleep disorder
Non-chronic insomnia. Insomnia lasting less than three weeks.
sleep architecture
Health care; Sleep disorder
NREM/REM stage and cycles of sleep and time spent in each stage. Also called sleep timing mechanism. One's sleep architecture changes with age. Middle-aged and elderly people tend to spend less time ...
arousal disorder
Health care; Sleep disorder
Parasomnia disorder presumed to be due to an abnormal arousal function. Classical arousal disorders: sleepwalking, sleep terrors and confusional arousals.
micro-arousal
Health care; Sleep disorder
Partial awakening from sleep. An episode where a sleeper partially awakes, but is not aware of it.
micro-sleep
Health care; Sleep disorder
Period lasting up to a few seconds during which people appear to be asleep in otherwise waking periods. Cause for concern for people in critical jobs like truck drivers or pilots.
