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What does deep sleep mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word deep sleep? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see deep,‎ sleep.
  2. (rare, fiction) Artificially induced hibernation in humans for the purpose of long distance space travel.
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She held the box and stopped crying, falling into a deep sleep which hourly examinations could not arouse.
You move out of deep sleep and into light sleep several times during the night, resulting in poor sleep quality.
The release of somatotrophin follows a diurnal variation with the greatest impulses occurring during deep sleep.
The app shows me that I have issues with bradypnea, restlessness, and a lack of deep sleep.
Ralph tries to rouse her out of her deep sleep, but the doctors tell him it would take a miracle to wake her.
Have you ever experienced the sensation of falling into a deep sleep, only to have someone poke your ears with sharp needles?

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