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Being awake and not sleeping

awake

adjective

not sleeping

conscious

adjective

awake and able to see, hear, and think

waking

adjective

relating to all the time that you are awake

sleepless

adjective

without sleep, or unable to sleep

wakeful

adjective

not able to sleep

up

adjective, adverb, preposition

awake and out of bed

wide awake

completely awake

insomnia

noun

a medical condition in which you have difficulty sleeping

bad night

a night during which you do not get much rest

toss and turn

to be unable to sleep, or to sleep badly, especially because something is worrying you

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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picture messaging

the sending of images and photographs from one mobile phone to another

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never event

an event that should never occur in a healthcare setting …

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