deep sleep

collocation in English

meaningsofdeepandsleep

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deep
adjective
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/diːp/us
/diːp/
going or being a long way down from the top or surface, or being of a particular distance from the top to ...
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sleep
noun
uk
/sliːp/us
/sliːp/
the resting state in which the body is not active and the mind ...
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(Definition ofdeepandsleepfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Assume that awakening takes place fromdeepsleep; it takes time before recall can be made.
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It must be noted, however, that peripheral autonomic activity may be uncoupled from central autonomic activity indeepsleep.
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This is smaller when one is aroused from light sleep compared todeepsleepwith its high arousal threshold.
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They brought him from adeepsleepin bed.
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Prince awakes from hisdeepsleep.
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Lambda agrees before falling into adeepsleep.
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All the students and their teacher go intodeepsleep.
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Crom collapses into adeepsleeplasting several days.
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This we know from our experience indeepsleep.
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Lundbeck states that gaboxadol also increasesdeepsleep(stage 4).
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Normal sleep cycles include states varying from drowsiness all the way todeepsleep.
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He falls in adeepsleepand wakes up with a head full of revelations.
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However, they worsen sleep quality by increasing light sleep and decreasingdeepsleep.
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This is especially true in elderly patients that already have naturally lessdeepsleep.
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Reanimation from such adeepsleep, he admits, may result in brain damage.
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In 2007, these were combined into just stage 3 for all ofdeepsleep.
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He wakes her, apologises for his behaviour to her, and falls into adeepsleep.
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She casts a spell on the residents, putting them in adeepsleep.
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Once the patient is indeepsleep, a craniotomy is performed.
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The cat quickly pulls out some sleeping pills, putting the dog into adeepsleep.
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These included the convulsive therapies (cardiazol/metrazol therapy and electroconvulsive therapy),deepsleeptherapy and psychosurgery.
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The tired boy soon falls into adeepsleep, his dirty feet dangling from the branch.
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There they sank down exhausted in the market place and were overpowered by adeepsleep.
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The effect of the cursed apple causes him to fall into adeepsleep.
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Once home, he slumps onto his bed and falls into adeepsleep.
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