What does rapid eye movement sleep mean?
Sense 1rapid eye movement sleep [BACK TO TOP] Meaning: A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep Classified under: Nouns denoting stable states of affairs Synonyms: paradoxical sleep; rapid eye movement; rapid eye movement sleep; REM; REM sleep Hypernyms (“rapid eye movement sleep” is a kind of…): sleep; slumber (a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended)