noctambulism
Walking while asleep
Noctambulism is sleepwalking—the act of walking or performing other activities while asleep.
The term is formal and clinical, appearing mainly in medical or psychological contexts: The patient presented with episodes of noctambulism.
A person who sleepwalks is a noctambulist.
Involuntary mechanical behavior
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- insensibleUnaware, without feeling
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
subconscious · reflexive · hypnotic · dissociative · fugue · amnesia · blackout · unresponsive
Traveling with no fixed course
- ambulationMovement by walking
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- automatismInvoluntary mechanical behavior
- unawarenessState of not knowing
parasomnia · bedroom · hallway · staircase · pajamas · nightgown · episode · movement
Abnormal behavior while sleeping
- disorderAbsence of organization
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- neurologistPhysician specializing in nervous system
- treatmentCare for an ailment
medication · arousal · EEG · sedative · benzodiazepine · therapy · episodes · evaluation
Reflected solar radiance, nocturnal
Descend under gravity
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- dangerExposure to harm
- riskPossibility of harm
precaution · alarm · safety · stairs · bruise · collision · wandering · supervision
Dreamlike and strange
- oneiricRelating to dreams
- hallucinatorySeeming falsely perceived
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
- lucidMentally sharp and comprehensible
ethereal · fantastical · otherworldly · spectral · illusory · reverie · somnolent · trancelike
automatism
Involuntary mechanical behavior
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- insensibleUnaware, without feeling
involuntary · subconscious · reflexive · hypnotic · dissociative · fugue · amnesia · blackout · unresponsive · oblivious
wandering
Traveling with no fixed course
- ambulationMovement by walking
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- automatismInvoluntary mechanical behavior
unawareness · parasomnia · bedroom · hallway · staircase · pajamas · nightgown · episode · movement · restlessness
parasomnia
Abnormal behavior while sleeping
- disorderAbsence of organization
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- neurologistPhysician specializing in nervous system
treatment · medication · arousal · EEG · sedative · benzodiazepine · therapy · episodes · evaluation
moonlight
Reflected solar radiance, nocturnal
bedroom · silence · lamplight · twilight · predawn · nightfall
fall
Descend under gravity
risk · precaution · alarm · safety · stairs · bruise · collision · wandering · supervision · childproofing
surreal
Dreamlike and strange
- oneiricRelating to dreams
- hallucinatorySeeming falsely perceived
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
lucid · ethereal · fantastical · otherworldly · spectral · illusory · reverie · somnolent · trancelike · visionary
ambulance, nocturnal, preamble, ambulate, somnambulism, perambulate, nightwalker, nocturnality, nightwalking