twilight sleep
Meanings
noun
- An amnesic condition characterized by an insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness, induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine, especially to relieve the pain of childbirth.
Word forms
Etymology
Calque of German Dämmerschlaf.
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