microsleep
English
Noun
microsleep (countable and uncountable, plural microsleeps)
- A brief period of sleep, usually of a few seconds, that may result from sleep deprivation or various medical conditions. [from 20th c.]
- 2017, Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep, Penguin 2018, p. 134:
- During a microsleep, your brain becomes blind to the outside world for a brief moment—and not just the visual domain, but in all channels of perception.
- 2017, Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep, Penguin 2018, p. 134:
Translations
brief period of sleep, usually of a few seconds
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