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microsleeps

microsleeps is the plural of microsleep.

Meaning of microsleep

Noun

microsleep (countable and uncountable, plural microsleeps)

  1. A brief period of sleep, usually of a few seconds, that may result from sleep deprivation or various medical conditions.
    • During a microsleep, your brain becomes blind to the outside world for a brief moment—and not just the visual domain, but in all channels of perception.2017, Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep, Penguin, published 2018, page 134

Questions about microsleeps

What is microsleeps the plural of?
Microsleeps is the plural of microsleep.

Words near microsleeps in the dictionary

  1. microskills
  2. microskirt
  3. microskirted
  4. microskirts
  5. microsleep
  6. microsleeps
  7. microslice
  8. microsliced
  9. microslicer
  10. microslicers
  11. microslices

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