Noun: nonrapid eye movement
- A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time
"The study monitored patients during periods of nonrapid eye movement sleep";
- orthodox sleep, nonrapid eye movement sleep, NREM sleep, NREM
Derived forms: nonrapid eye movements
Type of: shuteye [informal], shut-eye [informal], sleep, slumber
Encyclopedia: Nonrapid eye movement