Somnolence


adjective
1.
sleepy; drowsy.
2.
tending to cause sleep.
adjective
1.
drowsy; sleepy
2.
causing drowsiness

somnolence som·no·lence (sŏm’nə-ləns)
n.

A state of drowsiness; sleepiness.

A condition of semiconsciousness approaching coma.

somnolent som·no·lent (sŏm’nə-lənt)
adj.

Drowsy; sleepy.

Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific.

In a condition of incomplete sleep; semicomatose.

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