NIGHT TERROR


Meaning of NIGHT TERROR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.