postsleep

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adjective

Occurring after a period of sleep

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Meanings

adjectivepostsleep (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring after a period of sleep

    Second, the subjects' performance on the task was improved in a postsleep retest session, suggesting that the influence of these reactivations, if any, was beneficial to memory traces.

    2001 November 2, Pierre Maquet, “The Role of Sleep in Learning and Memory”, in Science, volume 294, number 5544, →DOI, pages 1048–1052

Origin

From post- + sleep.

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APA

postsleep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postsleep

MLA

“postsleep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postsleep. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postsleep,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postsleep.

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