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Somnambulism

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somnambulism
a condition that is characterized by walking while asleep or in a hypnotic trance
somnambulism [säm′näm·byə‚liz·əm]
(physiology)
Sleepwalking.
The performance of any fairly complex act while in a sleeplike state or trance.
Somnambulism 

a pathological state that is manifested in unconscious, outwardly well-ordered, and at times absurd or dangerous actions performed while sleeping and consequently not remembered. Somnambulism may be induced artificially through hypnotism, which indicates the similarity between the pathophysiological mechanisms of somnambulism and hypnosis.
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Walking in the shadow of a dream, as it were, and perhaps actually under the influence of a species of somnambulism, Mr.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
This somnambulism of drunkenness had something frightful in it.
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So by dint of punching and kicking I started one of my men into a state of somnambulism, and giving him an oar, took another and pulled towards the lights of the steamer.
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