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–noun Medicine/Medical.
a state of semiconsciousness, usually produced by hypodermic injections of scopolamine and morphine, used chiefly to effect relatively painless childbirth.
Origin:
1910–15
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twilight sleep  
n.  An amnesic condition characterized by insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness, induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine, especially to relieve the pain of childbirth.
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Main Entry: twi·light sleep
Pronunciation: 'twI-"lIt-
Function: noun
: a state in which awareness of pain is dulled and memory of pain is dimmed oreffaced and which is produced by hypodermic injection of morphine and scopolamine and used especially formerly chiefly in childbirth
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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twilight sleep twi·light sleep (twī'līt')
n.
An amnesic condition characterized by insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness, induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine, formerly used to relieve the pain of childbirth.

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