Usually means: REM stage with vivid dreams.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. paradoxical sleep: Merriam-Webster
  2. paradoxical sleep: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. paradoxical sleep: Collins English Dictionary
  4. paradoxical sleep: Vocabulary.com
  5. paradoxical sleep: Dictionary.com
  6. Paradoxical sleep: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. paradoxical sleep: Rhymezone
  8. paradoxical sleep: FreeDictionary.org
  9. paradoxical sleep: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. paradoxical sleep: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. paradoxical sleep: Wiktionary

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  1. paradoxical sleep: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. paradoxical sleep: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. paradoxical sleep: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  Synonym of REM sleep

Similar:
Rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, paradoxicality, sleeping, deep sleep, winter sleep, sleepwalking, sleep in, sleep on, sleepiness, more...

Opposite:
non-REM sleep, slow-wave sleep, deep sleep

Types:
REM sleep, rapid eye movement, more...

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Similar:
Rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, paradoxicality, sleeping, deep sleep, winter sleep, sleepwalking, sleep in, sleep on, sleepiness, more...

Opposite:
non-REM sleep, slow-wave sleep, deep sleep

Types:
REM sleep, rapid eye movement, more...



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