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    Insomnia \In*som"ni*a\, n. [L., fr. insomnis sleepless; pref.
    in- not + somnus sleep.]
    Lack of sleep; inability to sleep, especially when chronic;
    wakefulness; sleeplessness.
    [1913 Webster]

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    insomnia
    n : an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness [ant: hypersomnia]

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    88 Moby Thesaurus words for "insomnia":
    abscess, ague, alertness, all-night vigil, anemia, ankylosis,
    anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache,
    bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, colic,
    consciousness, constipation, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis,
    diarrhea, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema,
    emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, growth,
    hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension,
    hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, insomniac,
    insomnolence, insomnolency, itching, jaundice, labored breathing,
    lidless vigil, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus,
    nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis, pruritus, rash,
    restlessness, rheum, sclerosis, seizure, sentience, shock,
    skin eruption, sleeplessness, sneezing, sore, spasm, stress, tabes,
    tachycardia, tension, tossing and turning, tumor, upset stomach,
    vertigo, vigil, vomiting, wake, wakefulness, wasting

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0




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