SLEEP TERROR DISORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sleep terror disorder mean? 

• SLEEP TERROR DISORDER (noun)
  The noun SLEEP TERROR DISORDER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SLEEP TERROR DISORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLEEP TERROR DISORDER (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

pavor nocturnus; sleep terror disorder

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

sleep disorder (a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include nightmare disorders, sleep terror disorders, sleepwalking, and restless leg syndrome.

(Parasomnia, NCI Thesaurus)