Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several disorders that frequently interfere with sleep, occurring especially among children and including sleepwalking, night terrors, and bed-wetting.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of several sleep disorders
Etymologies
- Probably para-1 + (in)somnia.
Examples
“The most common type of parasomnia is the "disorder of arousal," which includes confusional arousals, sleepwalking (somnambulism), and sleep terrors.”
“A parasomnia is a classification of sleep disorder where people can do some pretty complicated behaviors in their sleep.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Michael J. Breus: Sleep Tips: Is Sexsomnia Real?
“In other words, a parasomnia is a condition where someone is acting out his or her dreams.”
“These people are actually asleep, but they suffer conditions called parasomnia, disorders that frequently interfere with sleep, like sleepwalking or night terror.”
“It's something called parasomnia, and we'll tell you all about it when 360 continues, live in New Orleans with these great volunteers from all around the country.”
“GUPTA: Sexsomnia is one of a host of sleep disorders called parasomnia, waking behaviors like eating, acting out violence, even driving, that all happen while still in a deep slumber.”
“In rare cases, such deaths could be caused by something called parasomnia pseudo-suicide, experts say.”
“Sexsomnia is a form of a sleep disorder called parasomnia, or unwanted behavior that occurs during sleep.”
“The term "parasomnia" refers to a wide variety of behaviors that occur during sleep.”
“360 MD Sanjay Gupta takes a look at what's called parasomnia, as his special series on sleep continues.”
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whichbe An event happening during sleep, or induced or exacerbated by sleep, such as sleepwalking or asthma; not a dyssomnia.
May 13, 2008