Phrase guide

sleep disorder

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: somnipathy

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disorder, upset

Narrower terms: hypersomnia, insomnia, sleep terror disorder, pavor nocturnus, sleep apnea

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: slaapstoornis — medical disorder of sleep patterns
  • Finnish: unihäiriö — medical disorder of sleep patterns
  • French: trouble du sommeil — medical disorder of sleep patterns
  • French: trouble de sommeil — medical disorder of sleep patterns
  • Galician: trastorno do sono — medical disorder of sleep patterns
  • German: Schlafstörung — medical disorder of sleep patterns
  • Hungarian: alvászavar — medical disorder of sleep patterns
  • Latvian: miega traucējums — medical disorder of sleep patterns
  • Polish: zaburzenie snu — medical disorder of sleep patterns
  • Russian: расстро́йство сна (rasstrójstvo sna) — medical disorder of sleep patterns
  • Russian: наруше́ние сна (narušénije sna) — medical disorder of sleep patterns
  • Spanish: trastorno del sueño — medical disorder of sleep patterns
  • Turkish: uyku bozukluğu — medical disorder of sleep patterns