short sleeper
short sleeper noun: a person who consistently requires substantially less sleep every day than the customary amount for most people of the same age and developmental level.
Noun
short sleeper (plural short sleepers)
- A person who consistently requires substantially less sleep every day than the customary amount for most people of the same age and developmental level.
- The demonstration that the short sleeper phenotype can be reverted in these lines by transposon jumping indicates that a single gene is likely to be involved.2004, Pierre-Hervé Luppi, Sleep: Circuits and Functions, →ISBN, page 158
- As previously mentioned, short sleep has been linked to reduced life expectancy. This relationship probably has its source mainly in short total sleep time patterns resulting from medical and/or other sleep pathologies and not in short sleep itself, as represented by the short sleeper.2005, Stephen H. Sheldon, Richard Ferber, Meir H. Kryger, Principles and Practice of Pediatric Sleep Medicine, →ISBN, page 147
Forms of short sleeper
| plural | short sleepers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | short-sleeper |
Questions about short sleeper
- What does short sleeper mean?
- Short sleeper means a person who consistently requires substantially less sleep every day than the customary amount for most people of the same age and developmental level.
- What part of speech is short sleeper?
- Short sleeper is a noun.
- What is the plural of short sleeper?
- The plural of short sleeper is short sleepers.
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