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parasomnia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables
para-som-nia
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several sleep disorders.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From para- (“above, beyond; abnormal”) + Latin somnus (“sleep”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

parasomnias (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

parasomniac parasomnic

Questions

What does parasomnia mean?
Any of several sleep disorders.
Where does parasomnia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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