SLEEP TERROR DISORDER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare; they occur during NREM sleep

Synonyms:

pavor nocturnus; sleep terror disorder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sleep terror disorder" is a kind of...):

sleep disorder (a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern)

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