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night terror in American EnglishnounPsychiatry a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare Also called: sleep-terror disorder Examples of 'night terror' in a sentencenight terror Another type of 'dreaming' that occurs in non-dreaming sleep is night terror.The night terror invariably leads to the spotlight of the fridge.It could be a 'night terror', though - a panic which your child will remember nothing about tomorrow.Children tend to grow out of night terrors by adolescence.He suffered night terrors after his ordeal, the city's crown court heard.We all have bad dreams, but night terrors are more serious.Night terrors can also occur during this phase, and are perpetuated by overtiredness. |