abnormally prolonged inability to sleep, esp. when chronic
Origin of insomnia
Classical Latin from insomnis, sleepless from in-, in- + somnus, sleep: see somnolent
A man suffering from insomnia.
Insomnia is defined as an ongoing inability to sleep or stay asleep.
When you have trouble falling asleep even though you are tired, this is an example of insomnia.
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Chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep for an adequate length of time.
Origin of insomnia
Latin īnsomnia from īnsomnis sleepless in- not ; see in- 1. somnus sleep ; see swep- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep for an adequate length of time.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural insomnias)
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insomnia - Computer Definition
The inability to sleep. If you suffer from it, the solution is to look up all the terms under "standards" in this encyclopedia. Dozing should occur shortly. If that does not work... well, at least you will become the computer guru on your block!
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insomnia - Medical Definition
n.
Chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep for an adequate length of time.
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Sentence Examples
- Health problems associated with severe insomnia are more than significant, with mortality rates looming in studies conducted by Penn State College of Medicine and the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, respectively.
- Ancient Sumerian and Egyptian medical texts dated as early as 4000 B.C. mention the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) as the source of a milky fluid (opium latex) that could be given to relieve coughs and insomnia as well as ease pain.
- The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a division of the National Institutes of Health, is conducting ongoing research supporting the benefits of yoga for those who suffer from insomnia and acute lower-back pain.
- The symptoms include body shaking (tremulousness), insomnia, agitation, confusion, hearing voices or seeing images that are not really there (hallucinations), seizures, rapid heart beat, profuse sweating, high blood pressure, and fever.
- Insomnia was a blessing from such darkness.
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Words near insomnia in the dictionary
- insomnia
- insomniac
- insomniacs
- insomnias