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The Meaning of rem

  • (noun) (Roentgen Equivalent Man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays
  • (noun) a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep

Synonyms

paradoxical sleep , rapid eye movement sleep , REM sleep , rapid eye movement , REM , REM

Homophones

rehm , remme , rhem

Rhymes

behm , bem , bethlehem , blehm , brehm , brem , cardizem , chem , clem , condemn , dehm , demme , diadem , difm , em , emme , femme , fm , gem , gemme , hem , hemm , hemme , jem , kehm , kem , khem , klem , klemm , lem , lemm , m , mayhem , mgm , pgm , phlegm , pm , ppm , prem , rehm , remme , rhem , rpm , schemm , schwemm , stem , temme , them