NIGHT TERROR


Meaning of NIGHT TERROR in English

Function: noun

Date: 1896

: a sudden awakening in dazed terror that occurs in children during slow-wave sleep, is often preceded by a sudden shrill cry uttered in sleep, and is not remembered when the child awakes ― usually used in plural

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