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  • adjective Attributive form of deep sleep, noun.

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Examples

  • Apparently lost in deep-sleep stasis somewhere in a cryo chamber hidden deep within Nintendo, NightSky should have been one of 2009's best, but -- with any luck -- will move on to top 2010 lists.

    Ten for 2010: the 10 most-anticipated games coming in the new year Boing Boing 2009

  • When your deep-sleep cycles are interrupted or cut short, you will feel the effects of sleep deprivation most powerfully.

    SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010

  • When your deep-sleep cycles are interrupted or cut short, you will feel the effects of sleep deprivation most powerfully.

    SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010

  • The quality of your sleep depends on your time in restorative slumber, including REM and deep-sleep phases.

    Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy JJ Virgin 2010

  • Your goal is to go through all of the cycles because the REM phase affects learning and memory while the deep-sleep periods impact growth hormone release, rest, and recovery while strengthening your immune system.

    Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy JJ Virgin 2010

  • If she decided she really cared that much, she would simply sneak in there later tonight when Noelle was in deep-sleep mode and take them back.

    Last Christmas Kate Brian 2008

  • A number of volunteers were subjected to sleep deprivation – either through scheduled deep-sleep disturbances or through truncated sleeping hours.

    Laughter as Good Medicine ��� Biological Findings Proving Health Benefits 2008

  • If she decided she really cared that much, she would simply sneak in there later tonight when Noelle was in deep-sleep mode and take them back.

    Last Christmas Kate Brian 2008

  • Mental health practitioners still used therapies banned in other countries, such as electric shock treatment and deep-sleep therapy, he added.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • A deep-sleep treatment would be the proper thing just now.

    Planet Mechanica Scheer, Karl 1977

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