sleep disorder

noun

: a medical problem that prevents a person from sleeping normally

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Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that causes a person’s breathing to repeatedly stop and start throughout the night. Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024 Jennifer Mundt, assistant professor of sleep medicine Life with narcolepsy: People with the sleep disorder can have trouble socializing, working at a job, driving a car or even developing close relationships. Daniel Wine, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024 The role of sleep apnea Next to insomnia, apnea—or the periodic cessation of breathing during sleep, leading to micro-awakenings or full awakenings throughout the night—is the most common sleep disorder. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024 There’s a bit of research to suggest that being chronically deficient in magnesium can, in fact, raise your risk of poor sleep or a sleep disorder (like insomnia or excessive daytime sleepiness), perhaps by interfering with your circadian rhythm (a.k.a. Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sleep disorder 

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“Sleep disorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep%20disorder. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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