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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An abnormal fear of falling asleep.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A morbid dread of falling asleep.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a morbid fear of falling asleep

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