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Profound sleep
Answer for the clue "Profound sleep ", 5 letters:
sopor
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sopor is a condition of abnormally deep sleep or a stupor from which it is difficult to rouse. It involves a profound depression of consciousness, which is manifested by drowsiness, while maintaining coordinated defensive reactions to stimuli such as pain, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. an unnaturally deep sleep
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Latin, "deep sleep, lethargy," from PIE *swep-os- , suffixed form of root *swep- (1) "to sleep" (see Somnus ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sopor \So"por\, n. [L.] (Med.) Profound sleep from which a person can be roused only with difficulty.
Usage examples of sopor.
I also listen to Ataraxia, Mantra, and Sopor Aeternus, and dark ambient stuff like Endura.
Sopor Aeternus brought back tender memories of listening with Sheena as well as creating an appropriately heartaching mood.