INSOMNIA


Meaning of INSOMNIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ in-ˈsäm-nē-ə ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from insomnis sleepless, from in- + somnus sleep — more at somnolent

Date: circa 1623

: prolonged and usually abnormal inability to obtain adequate sleep

• in·som·ni·ac -nē-ˌak adjective or noun

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