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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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Have you ever experienced the sensation of falling into a deep sleep, only to have someone poke your ears with sharp needles?
Some children experience bedwetting, night terrors, or sleepwalking during deep sleep.
It was like waking up from a deep sleep, I gradually became more aware of what was going on.
The saline intravenous lines are turned off and the thiopental sodium is injected which puts the inmate into a deep sleep.
I've been in hibernation for a while, and let me tell you, deep sleep is refreshing.
Edmund replied and closed his eyes with a sigh, falling into a deep sleep, lulled by the sound of the waves and Eleanor's voice.

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