What does sleepiness mean?
Definitions for sleepiness
sleepi·ness
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word sleepiness.
Princeton's WordNet
sleepiness, drowsiness, somnolencenoun
a very sleepy state
"sleepiness causes many driving accidents"
Wiktionary
sleepinessnoun
The property of being sleepy.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sleepinessnoun
Drowsiness; disposition to sleep; inability to keep awake.
Etymology: from sleepy.
Watchfulness precedes too great sleepiness, and is the most ill boding symptom of a fever. Arbuthnot.
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sleepiness
Sleepiness is a state of feeling or being drowsy and ready for sleep due to tiredness, fatigue or lack of energy, often resulting from lack of sleep, physical or mental exhaustion, certain medications, or health conditions. It is characterized by heavy eyelids, reduced alertness, difficulty focusing, yawning, and the inclination to fall asleep.
Webster Dictionary
Sleepinessnoun
the quality or state of being sleepy
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sleepiness in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sleepiness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of sleepiness in a Sentence
If that’s true in humans too, that means there are potentially different targets for us to go after in the future with dietary or drug interventions to help with sleepiness or wakefulness.
Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings:
There is infection in everything. Even sleepiness can be infectious, and yawning can be infectious. There is even the infection of a time.
From a clinical standpoint, I think it highlights the importance for health care providers to routinely ask patients about napping and excessive daytime sleepiness and evaluate for other contributing conditions to potentially modify the risk for cardiovascular disease.
Pain was the most common event, young children's events included fever, headache, fatigue, myalgia, arthralgia, nausea, vomiting and chills. For infants and toddlers, events included fever, irritability, crying, sleepiness and loss of appetite.
Some people experience sleepiness or sluggishness as a sign to eat more instead of the traditional hunger cues, if two or three hours after a meal you are low in energy, plug in a balanced snack of fiber and protein, like fresh fruit with a handful of nuts or a small bag of edamame.
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