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Keywords: Sleep, Waking, Hypersomnia, Parasomnia, Sleepiness

Related Terms: Asleep, Awake, Drowsy, Hypnagogic, Insomnia, Sleepwalking, Somnambulism, Somnolence, Nocturnal Enuresis, Sleep Debt, Sleep Latency, Sleep Paralysis, Sleepiness, Hypersomnia, Sleep Disorders, Rapid Eye Movement, Narcolepsy, Sleep Disorder, Rem Sleep, Mslt, Nrem, Parasomnia, Rem, Drowsiness, Multiple Sleep Latency Test, Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Sleep Cycle, Rem Latency, Sleep Onset, Slow-Wave Sleep, Polysomnogram, Non-Rem Sleep, Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome, Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, Hypnic Jerk, Parasomnias, Polysomnography, Sleep Hygiene, Hypnopompic, Sleep Architecture, Slow Wave Sleep, Nrem Sleep, Sleep Talking, Sleep Spindle, Sleep Study, Periodic Limb Movement Disorder, Sleep Deprivation, Chronotherapy

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Any disorder of sleep or wakefulness per se; not a parasomnia.

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Primary disorders of sleep or wakefulness characterized by insomnia or hypersomnia as the major presenting symptom. Dyssomnias are disorders of the amount, quality, or timing of sleep.

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a disorder of getting to sleep or staying asleep or of excessive sleepiness

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a disruption of the body's natural resting and waking patterns

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A disorder of sleep, whether organic or functional.

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Dyssomnias are a broad classification of sleeping disorder that make it difficult to get to sleep, or to stay sleeping.

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