hypnic

hypnic
That induces sleep

Wikipedia foundation.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Hypnic headache — Hypnic headaches are benign primary headaches that affect the elderly, with the average age of onset being 63 +/ 11 years4. They are moderate, throbbing, bilateral or unilateral headaches that wake the sufferer from sleep once or multiple times a …   Wikipedia

  • Hypnic jerk — A hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk, sleep start, or night start, is an involuntary myoclonic twitch which occurs during hypnagogia, just as a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing them to awaken suddenly. Physically, hypnic jerks resemble …   Wikipedia

  • hypnic — hyp·nic (hipґnik) [Gr. hypnikos] hypnotic (def. 1) …   Medical dictionary

  • hypnic — hypˈnic adjective Relating to or inducing sleep noun A soporific • • • Main Entry: ↑hypno …   Useful english dictionary

  • hypnic headache — a rare primary headache, occurring mainly in individuals over 50 years of age, that wakes the person from sleep, often at about the same time each night. Pain is dull, diffuse, and often bilateral and throbbing and lasts 15 minutes or longer …   Medical dictionary

  • hypnic jerks — sudden brief contractions at the onset of sleep, usually in the lower limbs but sometimes also of the head and upper limbs …   Medical dictionary

  • Myoclonus — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G25.3 ICD 9 333.2 …   Wikipedia

  • Sleep — Waking up redirects here. For other uses, see Waking Up (disambiguation). This article is about sleep in general; for specifically non human sleep see Sleep (non human); for other uses, see Sleep (disambiguation). Sleeping child Sleep is a… …   Wikipedia

  • Sleep disorder — Classification and external resources ICD 10 F51, G47 ICD 9 …   Wikipedia

  • Headache — For other uses, see Headache (disambiguation). Headache A person with a headache. ICD 10 G43 G …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”