HyperDic: sleep_terror_disorder

English > 1 sense of the expression sleep terror disorder:
NOUNstatesleep terror disorder, pavor nocturnusa disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare
English > sleep terror disorder: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare; they occur during NREM sleep.
Synonympavor nocturnus
Broadersleep disorderA disturbance of the normal sleep pattern
Spanishpavor nocturnus

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