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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.


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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.
This somnambulism of drunkenness had something frightful in it.
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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