Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D012895
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D012895
Preferred Name

Sleep, REM
Definitions
A stage of sleep characterized by rapid movements of the eye and low voltage fast pattern EEG. It is usually associated with dreaming.
Synonyms
Rapid Eye Movements
Rapid Eye Movement
Eye Movement, Rapid
REM Sleep
Sleep, Fast Wave
Fast-Wave Sleep
Sleep, Fast-Wave
Paradoxical Sleep
Sleep, Rhombencephalic
Movement, Rapid Eye
Movements, Rapid Eye
Fast Wave Sleep
Eye Movements, Rapid
Sleep, Paradoxical
Rhombencephalic Sleep
See more
See less
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

All Properties

definition

A stage of sleep characterized by rapid movements of the eye and low voltage fast pattern EEG. It is usually associated with dreaming.
altLabel
Rapid Eye Movements
Rapid Eye Movement
Eye Movement, Rapid
REM Sleep
Sleep, Fast Wave
Fast-Wave Sleep
Sleep, Fast-Wave
Paradoxical Sleep
Sleep, Rhombencephalic
Movement, Rapid Eye
Movements, Rapid Eye
Fast Wave Sleep
Eye Movements, Rapid
Sleep, Paradoxical
Rhombencephalic Sleep
See more
See less
prefLabel
Sleep, REM
Machine permutation
69
HN
69
type
tui
T042
T041
TERMUI
T000926683
T038011
T038010
T038006
T038008
T038007
T038009
See more
See less
TH
NLM (1969)
UNK (19XX)
NLM (1998)
NLM (2018)
MMR
20170620
notation
D012895
Inverse of RO
Semantic type UMLS property
Inverse of AQ
DX
19690101
cui
C0034673
C0037322
DC
1
MN
F02.830.855.796.671
G11.561.803.754.671
AQL
DE ES GE IM PH RE
MDA
19990101
subClassOf
Add comment
Add proposal
Delete Subject Author Type Created
No notes to display