arousal
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6.6
- noun
- /əˈraʊzəl/
:
despertar
- Sleep patterns became normal during NCPAP treatment, with increased slow-wave sleep and a reduction in arousals.
- arousal from sleep
- low arousal
When we exhale, the brain goes through a subtle but nonetheless significant dip in level of arousal and ability to learn.
- When we exhale, the brain goes through a subtle but nonetheless significant dip in level of arousal and ability to learn.
- They work by targeting a neurotransmitter system in the brain which dampens down neural activity and to reduce arousal in the brain to help you sleep.
Examples
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However, she was found to have a high number of arousals during sleep.
Blog text (18) -
As a result, their personal feelings of control are unbalanced, as well as their level of arousal (Lackney, 1999b).
Academic text (2006) -
Arousal is cortical tone and wakefulness in the entire cortical system.
Academic text (1990) -
Cal's sand-colored hair was splayed wildly across his head, betraying his sudden arousal from sleep.
Fiction book (2002) -
However, oxygen saturation monitoring alone may miss some cases of OSA, so respiratory sleep studies are performed, in which movements, snoring, and pulse rate arousals from sleep are also measured.
Academic text (2011) -
Correction of these characteristics will prevent airflow limitation and decrease the ventilatory effort, obstruction, arousal, and sleep fragmentation that occur with OSA.
Academic text (1999) -
Stoohs and Guilleminault have postulated that certain loud snorers have an increased internal resistive load that results in repetitive arousals from sleep.
Academic text (1996) -
After a restful night, her sudden arousal made her feel alert and ready for the day ahead.
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The loud noise caused his abrupt arousal from the deep sleep he was in.
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The gentle sunlight streaming through the window led to her gradual arousal from her peaceful slumber.
Synonyms
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1.0
A time when you stop sleeping and become awake
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3.4
Waking up from sleep
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2.5
The time when you are not asleep
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4.1
A return of activity or interest after a time of rest
A time when a person becomes awake after sleep
Antonyms
Compounds
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5.3
A strong physical and mental feeling of sexual excitement from touch or thoughts
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Arousal comes from the verb arouse (from a- + rouse), with rouse meaning 'wake' or 'stir'. So in sleep terms arousal is the process of being 'woken' or moved into alertness from rest.