Meaning Of The Word Twilight sleep
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Twilight sleep Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Twilight sleep?
twilight sleep in American English
a state of partial anesthesia induced by the injection of morphine and scopolamine, formerly used to lessen the pains of childbirth noun: a state of semiconsciousness, usually produced by hypodermic injections of scopolamine and morphine, used chiefly to effect relatively painless childbirth twilight sleep in British English noun: a state of partial anaesthesia in which the patient retains a slight degree of consciousness |
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