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Definition of: twilight sleep
Med.
A light or partial anesthesia, induced artificially, as by injection of morphine and scopolamine, in which the patient loses the power to remember present events and sensations: sometimes used to relieve childbirth pains. [Trans. of G dämmerschlaf]
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