rapid eye movement
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- noun
- /ˈræpɪd aɪ ˈmɔvəmənt/
- Specialized
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movimiento ocular rápido
- REM sleep, which is characterized by rapid eye movements, highly active brain waves, increased heart rate, respirations, and blood pressure, occurs in periods varying from 5 to 30 minutes approximately every 90 minutes.
- rapid eye movement sleep
- REM (rapid eye movement)
Sleep is defined by those rapid eye movements.
- Sleep is defined by those rapid eye movements.
- There are four sleep stages including one rapid eye movement or REM sleep stage and three that form non rapid eye movement or non REM sleep stages.
- And, and he was talking about how the it's, they're now able to sort of try to wake people up at the right phase of sleep based on, you know, rapid eye movement.
- So the only time when the blue spot stops firing is during rapid eye movement sleep.
- There are two types of sleep, rapid eye movement sleep and quiet sleep, which is called non rapid eye movement sleep.
- The point is that rapid eye movement sleet, so-called REM sleep, is more abundant in the second-half of the night.
- sleep is that deep, you know, rapid eye movement sleep.
Examples
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There are four sleep stages including one rapid eye movement or REM sleep stage and three that form non rapid eye movement or non REM sleep stages.
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During rapid eye movement sleep, the brain is active and we often experience vivid dreams.
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The third concern with alcohol is that it will block your rapid eye movement sleep, or what we often think of as dream sleep.
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There are two types of sleep, rapid eye movement sleep and quiet sleep, which is called non rapid eye movement sleep.
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REM sleep is a light form of sleep named after the fact that we often have "rapid eye movements" during REM sleep.
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The deeper stages of sleep, or REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, occur about every 90 minutes and get longer as the night goes on, so your brain might become more alert between those cycles.
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People divide sleep up into more stages than this, but there's really two major kinds of sleep REM sleep, rapid eye movement sleep and non REM sleep.
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This may be most pronounced in the rapid eye movement (REM) phase of sleep when the body's muscles, except for diaphragmatic movement, are completely relaxed.
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Sleep quality itself might be altered during the first few nights of therapy; longer-than-normal durations of both slow-wave and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep are frequently observed during this initial treatment period.
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It suppresses REM (rapid-eye-movement) sleep in the first half of the night, leading to REM rebound and withdrawal effects in the second half.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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A stage of sleep when your eyes move quickly and you have clear dreams
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A stage of sleep with fast eye movement, clear dreams, and high brain activity
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A sleep stage when the eyes move quickly and most dreaming happens
A part of sleep when the eyes move quickly and dreams feel real
Antonyms
- Specialized
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A part of sleep without quick eye movements when you do not usually dream, making up most of the night
How Active
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'rapid' (quick) + 'eye' (vision organ) + 'movement' (motion) directly describes quick movements of the eyes, which in context signals the sleep stage. Similar constructions exist in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer the meaning.
Etymology
The term rapid eye movement comes from the simple image of sleeping eyes that move quickly: rapid meaning 'fast', eye meaning the eyes, and movement meaning moving. That's why it refers to the sleep time when people have 'vivid dreaming'.