Usually means: Temporary inability to move, awake.
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General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. sleep paralysis: Wiktionary
  2. sleep paralysis: Dictionary.com
  3. Sleep Paralysis, Sleep paralysis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sleep paralysis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. sleep paralysis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Paralysis, sleep, Sleep paralysis: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  7. sleep paralysis: Medical dictionary
  8. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  9. Paralysis, sleep, Sleep paralysis: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sleep Paralysis: Glossary of Terms in Parapsychology
  2. sleep paralysis: The Skeptic's Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (sleep paralysis)

noun:  The normal paralysis of the body that occurs during REM sleep.
noun:  A situation where a person is not fully awake, and although conscious of their surroundings, unable to move or speak, often accompanied by hallucinations and feelings of terror.

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