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SOMNAMBULISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does somnambulism mean? 

SOMNAMBULISM (noun)
  The noun SOMNAMBULISM has 1 sense:

1. walking by a person who is asleepplay

  Familiarity information: SOMNAMBULISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOMNAMBULISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Walking by a person who is asleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

noctambulation; noctambulism; sleepwalking; somnambulation; somnambulism

Hypernyms ("somnambulism" is a kind of...):

walk; walking (the act of traveling by foot)

sleeping (the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate)

Derivation:

somnambulist (someone who walks about in their sleep)


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