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dauerschlaf

dauerschlaf noun: a prolonged sleep therapy.

Noun

dauerschlaf (uncountable)

  1. A prolonged sleep therapy.
    • REPORTS THE CONTINUOUS POLYGRAPHIC RECORDINGS MADE OF SS UNDERGOING DAUERSCHLAF, A PROLONGED SLEEP THERAPY USED FOR ACUTE PSYCHOSES AND OTHER CONDITIONS.1968, Ernest Hartmann, “DAUERSCHLAF: AN EEG STUDY”, in Psychophysiology, volume 4, number 3, pages 388–389
    • THIS STUDY reports on continuous 70 to 96 hour polygraphic recordings from patients undergoing dauerschlaf or prolonged sleep therapy.1968 Jan, Ernest Hartmann, “Dauerschlaf: A Polygraphic Study”, in Arch Gen Psychiatry, volume 18, number 1, page 99

dauerschlaf meaning in Tamil

dauerschlaf in Tamil

தூக்க நீட்டிப்பு, நீடித்த உறக்கம்

Examples of dauerschlaf in a sentence

  • We fully used the therapeutic enthusiasms of our day, with dauerschlaf, insulin, pentavalent arsenicals, and Kettering hypertherm.1977 Nov, “Requiem or Reveille: Psychiatry's Choice.”, in Bull N Y Acad Med., volume 53, number 9, page 797:
  • The induction of sleep for therapeutic purposes, so-call sleep cure or Dauerschlaf, has been practiced for many years …1987, Nathaniel Kleitman, Sleep and Wakefulness, Univ. of Chicago Press, →ISBN:
  • In insulin hypoglycemia and barbiturate medication (Dauerschlaf) …1999, Douglas Thomas, Physiological Foundations, →ISBN, page 448:

Forms of dauerschlaf

alternative formdauershlaf

Origin of dauerschlaf

Borrowed from German Dauerschlaf, from Dauer (“duration, length”) + Schlaf (“sleep”).

Questions about dauerschlaf

What does dauerschlaf mean?
Dauerschlaf means a prolonged sleep therapy.
What is dauerschlaf in Tamil?
Dauerschlaf in Tamil is தூக்க நீட்டிப்பு, நீடித்த உறக்கம். See Dauerschlaf meaning in Tamil.
How do you use dauerschlaf in a sentence?
We fully used the therapeutic enthusiasms of our day, with dauerschlaf, insulin, pentavalent arsenicals, and Kettering hypertherm.
What part of speech is dauerschlaf?
Dauerschlaf is a noun.

Words near dauerschlaf in the dictionary

  1. dauerlarva
  2. dauerlarvae
  3. dauermodification
  4. dauermodifications
  5. dauers
  6. dauerschlaf
  7. Daugai
  8. Daugava
  9. Daugavpils
  10. daugh
  11. Daughdrill

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