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sleep deprivation
sleep dep·ri·va·tion
Subclass of:
Sleep Wake Disorders; Dyssomnias; Sleep
Definitions related to sleep deprivation:
  • State of being deprived of sleep under experimental conditions, due to life events, or from a wide variety of pathophysiologic causes such as medication effect, chronic illness, psychiatric illness, or sleep disorder.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The state of being deprived of sleep under experimental conditions, due to life events, or from a wide variety of pathophysiologic causes such as medication effect, chronic illness, psychiatric illness, or sleep disorder.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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