Hypertext Webster Gateway: "somnambulism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Somnambulism \Som*nam"bu*lism\, n. [Cf. F. somnambulisme. See
{Somnambulation}.]
A condition of the nervous system in which an individual
during sleep performs actions approppriate to the waking
state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and
voluntary powers are partially awake; noctambulism.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
somnambulism
n : walking by a person who is asleep [syn: {sleepwalking}, {somnambulation},
{noctambulism}, {noctambulation}]
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