嗜し眠みん

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

deep sleep; torpor

Medical/technical term for a state of abnormally deep sleep or torpor, often used in clinical or biological contexts.

• 患かん者じゃは嗜し眠みん状じょう態たいに陥おちいっている。

  The patient has fallen into a state of deep sleep.

• 冬とう眠みん中ちゅうの動どう物ぶつは嗜し眠みんに近ちかい状じょう態たいになる。

  Hibernating animals enter a state close to torpor.