somnambulism
/sɒmˈnæmbjəlɪzəm/noun
उच्चारण सॉम्नैम्ब्यलिज़म
निद्राचारिता, नींद में चलना
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the habit of walking while you are asleep
निद्राचारिता, नींद में चलना
- Somnambulism is more common in children.
- His somnambulism worried his parents, who often found him in the garden at night.
- Doctors say stress can trigger somnambulism in some adults.
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- Somnambulism once led him to wander onto the terrace at night.
- She grew out of somnambulism by the time she was twelve.
Synonyms sleepwalking noctambulism
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Synonyms
AaSpelling
som·nam·bu·lism
⌂Word origin and word building
Somn- means sleep, ambul- means walk (as in ambulance).
Somn- का अर्थ नींद, ambul- का अर्थ चलना (ambulance की तरह)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: walking in sleep is somnambulism (a person who does it is a somnambulist or sleepwalker); talking in sleep somniloquy (a somniloquist); inability to sleep insomnia (an insomniac); a medicine that causes sleep a soporific.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: नींद में चलना somnambulism (करने वाला somnambulist या sleepwalker); नींद में बोलना somniloquy (somniloquist); नींद न आना insomnia (insomniac); नींद लाने वाली दवा soporific।