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noctambulism

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noc⋅tam⋅bu⋅lism

  [nok-tam-byuh-liz-uhm]
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–noun
somnambulism.
Also, noc⋅tam⋅bu⋅la⋅tion.

Origin:
1855–60; noctambul(ous) + -ism

Related forms:
noc⋅tam⋅bu⋅list, noc⋅tam⋅bule  [nok-tam-byool] , noun
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noc·tam·bu·lism   (nŏk-tām'byə-lĭz'əm)   
n.  See sleepwalking.

[noct(i)- + Latin ambulāre, to walk + -ism.]
noc·tam'bu·list n.
sleep·walk·ing   (slēp'wô'kĭng)   
n.  The act or an instance of walking or performing another activity associated with wakefulness while asleep or in a sleeplike state. Also called noctambulism, somnambulism.
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noctambulism noc·tam·bu·lism (nŏk-tām'byə-lĭz'əm)
n.
See sleepwalking.

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