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sleep spindle

sleep spindle noun: a burst of oscillatory brain activity during stage 2 sleep.

Noun

sleep spindle (plural sleep spindles)

  1. A burst of oscillatory brain activity during stage 2 sleep.

sleep spindle meaning in Tamil

sleep spindle in Tamil

உறக்கக்கதிர்

Forms of sleep spindle

pluralsleep spindles

Origin of sleep spindle

From its spindle-like appearance on an EEG.

Questions about sleep spindle

What does sleep spindle mean?
Sleep spindle means a burst of oscillatory brain activity during stage 2 sleep.
What is sleep spindle in Tamil?
Sleep spindle in Tamil is உறக்கக்கதிர். See Sleep spindle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sleep spindle?
Sleep spindle is a noun.
What is the plural of sleep spindle?
The plural of sleep spindle is sleep spindles.

Words near sleep spindle in the dictionary

  1. sleep regression
  2. sleep rough
  3. sleep schedule
  4. sleep schedules
  5. sleep shorts
  6. sleep spindle
  7. sleep spindles
  8. sleep start
  9. sleep starts
  10. sleep talk
  11. sleep talked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sleep spindle (page history and authors); sleep spindle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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