somnolentia


somnolentia

 [som″no-len´shah] 1. incomplete sleep; drowsiness.2. sleep drunkenness.

som·no·lence

, somnolency (som'nō-lĕns, -len-sē), 1. An inclination to sleep. Synonym(s): sleepiness2. A condition of obtusion. Synonym(s): somnolentia (1) [L. somnolentia]

sleep drunk·en·ness

(slēp drungkĕn-nĕs) Half-waking condition in which the faculty of orientation is in abeyance, and under the influence of nightmarelike ideas, the person may become actively excited and violent.
Synonym(s): somnolentia.