insomnia

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (121)  · 
“
The interrogation and examination of the patient on hypnosis London in order to understand the insomnia is then divided into two main groups of insomnia, according to the initial causative factor.

View all »
Definitions (4)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. noun Chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep for an adequate length of time.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (1)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (1)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • "Sleep deprivation and sleep disorders such as insomnia are a major issue for people here in the U.S. [but] most people don't consider their mattress might be the problem," said Burnett North America President Rich Stoddart. —  Advertising Age - Homepage
  • Adverse events included fatigue, insomnia, and small increases in fasting glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, and indices of insulin resistance. —  The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Current Issue
  • The major cause of my insomnia is the fact that, right before we started getting ready to go, the county commissioners announced the ten candidates for the site of the upcoming relocation depot for refuse. —  Moomin Light
  • This herb is used to treat symptoms of difficult urination, insomnia, absent menstruation, sore tongue and throat, joint pains, poor circulation, and deficient lactation (TCM: internal damp heat). —  Find Me A Cure
  • What do you think of when you hear the word insomnia? —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Words tagged insomnia

Stats

This word has been looked up 133 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (2)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Latin īnsomnia, from īnsomnis, sleepless : in-, not; see in-1 + somnus, sleep; see swep- in Indo-European roots.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. = French insomnie = Spanish insomnio = Portuguese insomnia = Italian insonnio, from Latin insomnia, sleeplessness, from insomnis, sleepless, from in- privative + somnus, sleep: see somnolent.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ɪnˈsɑmniə/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word a few times a month.

Recently looked up

ooooooo · quadroon · Two-time · cankles · sextant

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

these grunts every eight hours · haul it off to our darkest dungeon · send for a doctor · forget what witticism you were originally going to insert here because you've just banged your knee on your desk · the rest will come naturally