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sleepterror disorder - 2 dictionary results

sleep-ter⋅ror disor⋅der

[sleep-ter-er] .
–noun Psychiatry.
night terror.

night terror

–noun Psychiatry.
a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.


Origin:
1895–1900
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