See Also: paradoxical sleep(medicine)
paradoxical(dictionary)
paradoxical(medicine)
Embolism, paradoxical(medicine)
paradoxical pupil(medicine)
paradoxical incontinence(medicine)
paradoxical contraction(medicine)
paradoxical reflex(medicine)
paradoxical respiration(medicine)
paradoxical embolism(medicine)

scenical (iou) and paradoxical sleep (medicine)


scenical (iou)



scenical adjective. LME.
[from (the same root as) SCENIC adjective: see -AL1.]
= SCENIC adjective 1. LME.
Dramatic or theatrical in style or manner. Formerly also, fictitious; illusory; not genuine. Chiefly derog. M16.
Resembling a stage scene. E18.
scenically adverb M17.

paradoxical sleep (medicine)


paradoxical sleep


A deep sleep, with a brain wave pattern more like that of waking states than of Other states of sleep, which occurs during rapid eye movement sleep.