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drow·si·ness [ drou-zee-ness ]
Definitions related to drowsiness:
  • Abnormal feeling of sleepiness or difficulty staying awake.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
  • State of impaired awareness associated with a desire or inclination to sleep.
    Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
    BJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
  • (sleepiness) The sensation of struggling to remain awake.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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