Somn
1.
a combining form meaning “sleep”, used in the formation of compound words:
somnifacient.
combining form
1.
sleep: somniferous
somni- or somn-
pref.
Sleep: somnambulism.
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- Somnambulant
[som-nam-byuh-leyt, suh m-] /sɒmˈnæm byəˌleɪt, səm-/ verb (used without object), somnambulated, somnambulating. 1. to walk during sleep; sleepwalk. somnambulate /sɒmˈnæmbjʊˌleɪt/ verb 1. (intransitive) to walk while asleep adjective of walking when asleep; also called somnambulic
- Somnambulate
[som-nam-byuh-leyt, suh m-] /sɒmˈnæm byəˌleɪt, səm-/ verb (used without object), somnambulated, somnambulating. 1. to walk during sleep; sleepwalk. somnambulate /sɒmˈnæmbjʊˌleɪt/ verb 1. (intransitive) to walk while asleep
- Somnambulation
[som-nam-byuh-leyt, suh m-] /sɒmˈnæm byəˌleɪt, səm-/ verb (used without object), somnambulated, somnambulating. 1. to walk during sleep; sleepwalk. somnambulate /sɒmˈnæmbjʊˌleɪt/ verb 1. (intransitive) to walk while asleep
- Somnambulic
adjective See somnambulant
- Somnambulism
[som-nam-byuh-liz-uh m, suh m-] /sɒmˈnæm byəˌlɪz əm, səm-/ noun 1. sleepwalking. somnambulism /sɒmˈnæmbjʊˌlɪzəm/ noun 1. a condition that is characterized by walking while asleep or in a hypnotic trance Also called noctambulism somnambulism som·nam·bu·lism (sŏm-nām’byə-lĭz’əm) n. See sleepwalking. som·nam’bu·lis’tic adj.