sleep deprivation
sleep deprivation noun: the condition of being kept awake and not getting enough sleep (as forcibly by someone else, or by a disorder), to the point of noticeably lower alertness.
Noun
sleep deprivation (uncountable)
- The condition of being kept awake and not getting enough sleep (as forcibly by someone else, or by a disorder), to the point of noticeably lower alertness.
- Sleep deprivation can lead to fatal vehicular accidents.
- Growing evidence has accumulated over the last two decades and revealed that a number of sleep traits in humans are heritable, such as timing of sleep, total daily sleep requirement, response to sleep deprivation, and various EEG measurements/patterns.2017 June 1, Guangsen Shi, David Wu, Louis J. Ptáček, Ying-Hui Fu, “Human genetics and sleep behavior”, in Current Opinion in Neurobiology, volume 44, number 3, →DOI, pages 43–49
- Synonyms:
- sleep dep
Synonyms of sleep deprivation
Questions about sleep deprivation
- What does sleep deprivation mean?
- Sleep deprivation means the condition of being kept awake and not getting enough sleep (as forcibly by someone else, or by a disorder), to the point of noticeably lower alertness.
- What part of speech is sleep deprivation?
- Sleep deprivation is a noun.
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