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parasomnia

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parasomnia [‚par·ə′säm·nē·ə]
(medicine)
A group of disorders characterized by abnormal movements or behavior intruding into sleep (for example, sleep walking, sleep terrors, sleep talking, nightmares, sleep paralysis, tooth grinding, and bed wetting).
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Dr Paul Reading, of James Cook University Hospital, a consultant neurologist, said sleepwalking in adults happened during deep sleep - a condition called parasomnia.
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