Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dauerschlaf

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dauer-schlaf
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A prolonged sleep therapy.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"REPORTS THE CONTINUOUS POLYGRAPHIC RECORDINGS MADE OF SS UNDERGOING DAUERSCHLAF, A PROLONGED SLEEP THERAPY USED FOR ACUTE PSYCHOSES AND OTHER CONDITIONS."
"THIS STUDY reports on continuous 70 to 96 hour polygraphic recordings from patients undergoing dauerschlaf or prolonged sleep therapy."
"We fully used the therapeutic enthusiasms of our day, with dauerschlaf, insulin, pentavalent arsenicals, and Kettering hypertherm."
"The induction of sleep for therapeutic purposes, so-call sleep cure or Dauerschlaf, has been practiced for many years …"
"In insulin hypoglycemia and barbiturate medication (Dauerschlaf) …"
"dauerschlaf See SLEEP THERAPY"

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dauerschlaf, from Dauer (“duration, length”) + Schlaf (“sleep”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

dauershlaf (alternative)

Questions

What does dauerschlaf mean?: A prolonged sleep therapy.
Where does dauerschlaf come from?: It is traced to German.

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