"sleep paralysis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sleep paralyses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|sleep paralyses}} sleep paralysis (countable and uncountable, plural sleep paralyses)
  1. The normal paralysis of the body that occurs during REM sleep. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sleep Related terms: insomnia
    Sense id: en-sleep_paralysis-en-noun-qI~MxG3B Disambiguation of Sleep: 89 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 75 25
  2. A situation where a person is not fully awake, and although conscious of their surroundings, unable to move or speak, often accompanied by hallucinations and feelings of terror. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (inability to move or speak while falling asleep or upon awakening): شَلَل النَّوْم (šalal an-nawm) [masculine] (Arabic), جَاثُوم (jāṯūm) [masculine] (Arabic), ياثوم (yāṯūm) [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), جاثوم (jāṯūm) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), paràlisi del son [feminine] (Catalan), 睡眠癱瘓症 (Chinese Mandarin), 睡眠瘫痪症 (shuìmián tānhuànzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 鬼壓床 [colloquial] (Chinese Mandarin), 鬼压床 (guǐyāchuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 鬼壓身 (Chinese Mandarin), 鬼压身 (guǐyāshēn) (Chinese Mandarin), unihalvaus (Finnish), paralysie du sommeil [feminine] (French), Schlafparalyse [feminine] (German), Schlafstarre [feminine] (German), Schlaflähmung [feminine] (German), παράλυση ύπνου (parálysi ýpnou) [feminine] (Greek), kelumpuhan tidur (Indonesian), paralisi nel sonno [feminine] (Italian), 金縛り (kanashibari) (Japanese), 가위눌림 (gawinullim) (Korean), paralisia do sono [feminine] (Portuguese), paralizie în timpul somnului [feminine] (Romanian), со́нный парали́ч (sónnyj paralíč) (Russian), parálisis del sueño [feminine] (Spanish), sömnparalys [common-gender] (Swedish), sömnförlamning [common-gender] (Swedish), ผีอำ (pǐi-am) (Thai), со́нний пара́ліч (sónnyj parálič) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sleep_paralysis-en-noun-u761-qCs Disambiguation of 'inability to move or speak while falling asleep or upon awakening': 40 60

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