noctambulation

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noc·tam·bu·lism

(nŏk-tăm′byə-lĭz′əm) also noc·tam·bu·la·tion (-tăm′byə-lā′shən)

[noct(i)- + Latin ambulāre, to walk + -ism.]

noc·tam′bu·list n.

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Noun

noctambulation - walking by a person who is asleep

noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism

walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"

sleeping - the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

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His death does not, however, prevent him from continuing to narrate the story of this truly noxious night, in which he follows in luridly graphic detail his own progressive decomposition as well as her likewise lurid noctambulations through the city.