SLEEP DISORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sleep disorder mean? 

• SLEEP DISORDER (noun)
  The noun SLEEP DISORDER has 1 sense:

1. a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern

  Familiarity information: SLEEP DISORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLEEP DISORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disturbance of the normal sleep pattern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sleep disorder" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sleep disorder"):

hypersomnia (an inability to stay awake)

insomnia (an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness)

pavor nocturnus; sleep terror disorder (a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare; they occur during NREM sleep)

sleep apnea (apnea that occurs during sleep)

 Context examples 

A very rare autosomal dominant inherited sleep disorder caused by a mutation in the gene responsible for the prion protein.

(Fatal Familial Insomnia, NCI Thesaurus)

Medicine may treat pain, sleep disorders, and other problems.

(Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

A rare sleep disorder characterized by prolonged sleep at night and extreme sleepiness during the day.

(Idiopathic Hypersomnolence, NCI Thesaurus)

A sleep disorder characterized by difficulty in falling asleep and/or remaining asleep.

(Insomnia, NCI Thesaurus)

If similar pathways exist in people, this would provide new drug targets for the treatment of sleep disorders.

(Muscle, Not Brain, May Hold Answers to Some Sleep Disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A group of sleep disorders causing disruption of sleep.

(Parasomnia, NCI Thesaurus)

Insomnia is a common sleep disorder.

(Insomnia, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Lung and sleep disorders tend to decrease those levels further, and dangerously so.

(Researchers identify genetic variations linked to oxygen drops during sleep, National Institutes of Health)

An EEG may be used to diagnose brain and sleep disorders.

(EEG, NCI Dictionary)

A drug that is used to treat certain sleep disorders, such as narcolepsy.

(Armodafinil, NCI Dictionary)