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K complex of non-REM sleep

High amplitude, diphasic slow wave in the electroencephalogram (EEG) related to arousal from sleep by a sound. K complexes are characteristic of stages 2-4 of non-REM sleep.

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References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

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electroencephalography (EEG)