Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
somnolence
som·no·lence
Subclass of:
Signs and Symptoms; Sleep Stages
Definitions related to somnolence:
  • A sleep disorder characterized by excessive sleepiness and drowsiness.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Excessive sleepiness and drowsiness.
    NICHD Pediatric Terminology
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Pathological sleepiness or drowsiness from which one can be aroused to a normal state of consciousness.
    Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
    BJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
  • A disorder characterized by characterized by excessive sleepiness and drowsiness.
    Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
    U.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
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