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somnambulism
som·nam·bu·lism S0558900 (sŏm-năm′byə-lĭz′əm)n. See sleepwalking.
som·nam′bu·list n.som·nam′bu·lis′tic adj.somnambulism (sɒmˈnæmbjʊˌlɪzəm) n (Psychology) a condition that is characterized by walking while asleep or in a hypnotic trance. Also called: noctambulism somˈnambulist n somˌnambuˈlistic adjsleep•walk•ing (ˈslipˌwɔ kɪŋ)
n. the act or state of walking while asleep; somnambulism. [1790–1800] sleep′walk`, v.i. -walked, -walk•ing. sleep′walk`er, n. somnambulismthe condition of sleepwalking. Also called hypnobatia, noctambulism. — somnambulant, n., adj. — somnambulist, n. — somnambulistic, adj.See also: SleepThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  somnambulism - walking by a person who is asleep noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulationwalk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"sleeping - the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate |
Translationssomnambulism
somnambulism a condition that is characterized by walking while asleep or in a hypnotic trance Somnambulism a pathological state that is manifested in unconscious, outwardly well-ordered, and at times absurd or dangerous actions performed while sleeping and consequently not remembered. Somnambulism may be induced artificially through hypnotism, which indicates the similarity between the pathophysiological mechanisms of somnambulism and hypnosis. somnambulism[säm′näm·byə‚liz·əm] (physiology) Sleepwalking. The performance of any fairly complex act while in a sleeplike state or trance. somnambulism
sleepwalking rising from bed and walking or performing other complex motor behavior during an apparent state of sleep; much mystery has been attached to this, although it is no more mysterious than dreaming. The chief difference between the two is that the sleepwalker, besides dreaming, is also using the part of the brain that stimulates walking. This usually occurs during the first third of the night and lasts for a few minutes to a half hour. The sleeper is relatively unresponsive, not easily awakened, and usually amnesic for the episode later. It is most likely to happen during periods of emotional stress and usually ceases when the source of anxiety is removed. In many cases it occurs only once or twice and does not happen again. If it recurs frequently (called sleepwalking disorder) it may stem from serious emotional distress (see sleep disorders). Called also somnambulism.sleepwalking disorder repeated episodes of sleepwalking.som·nam·bu·lism (som-nam'byū-lizm), 1. A disorder of sleep involving complex motor acts that occurs primarily during the first third of the night but not during REM sleep. Synonym(s): oneirodynia activa, sleepwalking, somnambulance2. A form of hysteria in which purposeful behavior is forgotten. [L. somnus, sleep, + ambulo, to walk] somnambulism (sŏm-năm′byə-lĭz′əm)n. See sleepwalking.
som·nam′bu·list n.som·nam′bu·lis′tic adj.somnambulism Sleepwalking, see there. som·nam·bu·lism (son-am'byū-lizm) 1. Sleepwalking; a disorder of sleep involving complex motor acts that occur primarily during the first third of the night but not during rapid eye movement sleep. 2. A form of hysteria in which purposeful behavior is forgotten. [L. somnus, sleep, + ambulo, to walk]somnambulism See SLEEPWALKING.SomnambulismAnother term for sleepwalking.Mentioned in: Sleep Disorderssom·nam·bu·lism , somnambulance (son-am'byū-lizm, -lăns) Sleep disorder involving complex motor acts. [L. somnus, sleep, + ambulo, to walk]Somnambulism
Related to Somnambulism: night terrorsSOMNAMBULISM, med. juris. Sleep walking.
2. This is sometimes an inferior species of insanity, the patient being unconscious of what he is doing. A case is mentioned of a monk who was remarkable for simplicity, candor and probity, while awake, but who during his sleep in the night, would steal, rob, and even plunder the dead. Another case is related of a pious clergyman, who during his sleep, would plunder even his own church. And a case occurred in Maine, where the somnambulist attempted to hang himself, but fortunately tied the rope to his feet, instead of his neck. Ray. Med. Jur. Sec. 294.
3. It is evident, that if an act should be done by a sleep walker, while totally unconscious of his act, he would not be liable to punishment, because the intention (q.v.) and will (q.v.) would be wanting. Take, for example, the following singular case: A monk late one evening, in the presence of the prior of the convent, while in a state of somnambulism, entered the room of the prior, his eyes open but fixed, his features contracted into a frown, and with a knife in his hand. He walked straight up to the bed, as if to ascertain if the prior were there, and then gave three stabs, which penetrated the bed clothes, and a mat which served for the purpose of a mattress; he returned. with an air of satisfaction, and his features relaxed. On being questioned the next day by the prior as to what he had dreamed the preceding night, the monk confessed he had dreamed that his mother had been murdered by the prior, and that her spirit had appeared to him and cried for vengeance, that he was transported with fury at the sight, and ran directly to stab the assassin; that shortly after be awoke covered with perspiration, and rejoiced to find it was only a dream. Georget, Des Maladies Mentales, 127.
4. A similar case occurred in England, in the last century. Two persons, who had been hunting in the day, slept together at night; one of them was renewing the chase in his dream, and, imagining himself present at the death of the stag, cried out aloud, "I'll kill him! I'll kill him!" The other, awakened by the noise, got out of bed, and, by the light of the moon, saw the sleeper give several deadly stabs, with a knife, on the part of the bed his companion had just quitted. Harvey's Meditations on the Night, note 35; Guy, Med. Jur. 265. somnambulism
Related to somnambulism: night terrorsSynonyms for somnambulismnoun walking by a person who is asleepSynonyms- noctambulation
- noctambulism
- sleepwalking
- somnambulation
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