Diseases

Sleep Deprivation

The state of being deprived of sleep under experimental conditions, due to life events, or from a wide variety of pathophysiologic causes such as medication effect, chronic illness, psychiatric illness, or sleep disorder.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The state of being deprived of sleep under experimental conditions, due to life events, or from a wide variety of pathophysiologic causes such as medication effect, chronic illness, psychiatric illness, or sleep disorder.

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Synonyms

18 entry terms
  • Deprivation, Sleep
  • Inadequate Sleep
  • Insufficient Sleep
  • Insufficient Sleep Syndrome
  • REM Sleep Deprivation
  • Sleep Debt
  • Sleep Fragmentation
  • Sleep Insufficiency
  • Deprivation, REM Sleep
  • Fragmentation, Sleep
  • Insufficiencies, Sleep
  • Insufficiency, Sleep
  • Insufficient Sleep Syndromes
  • Sleep Deprivation, REM
  • Sleep Insufficiencies
  • Sleep, Inadequate
  • Sleep, Insufficient
  • Syndrome, Insufficient Sleep

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS, inability to fall asleep or sleep

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sleep Deprivation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012892. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012892
  2. Sleep Deprivation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation
  3. Sleep Deprivation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1364801