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twilight sleep

a state of partial anesthesia induced by the injection of morphine and scopolamine, formerly used to lessen the pains of childbirth

Etymology: transl. of Ger dämmerschlaf

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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