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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See REM sleep.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
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john "During REM, the summed activity of the brain's neurons is quite similar to that during waking hours; for this reason, the phenomenon is often called paradoxical sleep. This means that there are no dominating brain waves during REM sleep."
Wikipedia Aug 8, 2008