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microarousal

microarousal noun: a brief minor arousal from the state of sleep.

Noun

microarousal (countable and uncountable, plural microarousals)

  1. A brief minor arousal from the state of sleep.
    • These associated microarousals break up the normal sleep structure preventing a refreshing rest.2015 July 21, Diego Alvarez-Estevez, Vicente Moret-Bonillo, “Computer-Assisted Diagnosis of the Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome: A Review”, in Sleep Disorders, volume 2015, →DOI

Forms of microarousal

pluralmicroarousals

Origin of microarousal

From micro- + arousal.

Questions about microarousal

What does microarousal mean?
Microarousal means a brief minor arousal from the state of sleep.
What part of speech is microarousal?
Microarousal is a noun.
What is the plural of microarousal?
The plural of microarousal is microarousals.

Words near microarousal in the dictionary

  1. microarcsecond
  2. microarcseconds
  3. microarcsecs
  4. microarea
  5. microareas
  6. microarousal
  7. microarousals
  8. microarrangement
  9. microarrangements
  10. microarray
  11. microarrayed

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