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sleep paralysis

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sleep paralysis
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Summary

sleep paralysis is a sleep disorder[1]. It draws 16,912 Wikipedia views per month (sleep disorder category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: parasomnia[3]
  • Subclass of: REM sleep parasomnia[4]
  • Said to be the same as: Ephialtes[5]
  • Possible treatment: antidepressant[6], sleep hygiene[7]
  • Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[8]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C118171[9]
  • Health specialty: sleep medicine[10]
  • Social media followers: 55,548[11]

Why It Matters

sleep paralysis has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Zainab abo alneaj · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 66
    Described by source → The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ary', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'bg', 'bjn', 'bn', 'ca', 'cdo', 'ckb', 'cs', '
    Archive of our own tag → Sleep Paralysis
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Ephialtes
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → sleep disorder, parasomnia
    Possible treatment → antidepressant, sleep hygiene
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 38163, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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