Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or characterized by confusion.
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- adjective medicine
Characterized byconfusion .
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Examples
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The most common type of parasomnia is the "disorder of arousal," which includes confusional arousals, sleepwalking (somnambulism), and sleep terrors.
Parasomnias 2010
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• Fear of an acute confusional state or other cognitive disorder following attempts to understand one's EOBs explanation of benefits.
Dr. Quentin Young: Stressed Out by Private Health Insurance? A Clinical Diagnosis Dr. Quentin Young 2010
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And yet, with his oddball, confusional comic style, he is an important wake-up call.
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• Fear of an acute confusional state or other cognitive disorder following attempts to understand one's EOBs explanation of benefits.
Dr. Quentin Young: Stressed Out by Private Health Insurance? A Clinical Diagnosis Dr. Quentin Young 2010
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• Fear of an acute confusional state or other cognitive disorder following attempts to understand one's EOBs explanation of benefits.
Dr. Quentin Young: Stressed Out by Private Health Insurance? A Clinical Diagnosis Dr. Quentin Young 2010
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And yet, with his oddball, confusional comic style, he is an important wake-up call.
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: Pattern Interruption Hall of Fame: Zach Galifianakis 2010
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Chapter 13 deals with confusional events in detail.
Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006
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The differences between nightmares and sleep terrors and other intense confusional events are discussed here and summarized in Figure 16.
Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006
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Sleep terrors, on the other hand, like other confusional events, occur during a partial arousal from the deepest phase of nondreaming sleep.
Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006
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Nightmares usually occur toward the end of the night, when REM sleep is most intense; in contrast, confusional events happen during the first few hours after a child has fallen asleep, when non-REM sleep is deepest.
Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006
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