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NREM

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɛnɹɛm

Definitions

Non-rapid eye movement, non-REM; designating the stage or stages of sleep when there is no dreaming and brain activity is reduced.

attributive, uncountable

Examples

“[A] key function of deep NREM sleep⟳, which predominates early in the night, is to do the work⟳ of weeding out and removing unnecessary neural connections.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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