microarousal

noun

Etymology

From micro- + arousal.

  1. derived from russus
  2. derived from rous — “red-haired
  3. formed as arouse — “a- + rouse
  4. suffixed as arousal — “arouse + al
  5. prefixed as microarousal — “micro + arousal

Definitions

  1. A brief minor arousal from the state of sleep.

    • These associated microarousals break up the normal sleep structure preventing a refreshing rest.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for microarousal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA