RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does restless legs syndrome mean? 

• RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the legs after going to bed (sometimes causing insomnia); may be relieved temporarily by walking or moving the legs

  Familiarity information: RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the legs after going to bed (sometimes causing insomnia); may be relieved temporarily by walking or moving the legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Ekbom syndrome; restless legs; restless legs syndrome

Hypernyms ("restless legs syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)