night terror
noun Psychiatry.
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.
Origin of night terror
First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby night terror
night snake,
night soil,
night stick,
night sweats,
night table,
night terror,
night terrors,
night vision,
night watch,
night watch, the,
night watchman
British Dictionary definitions for night terrors
night terrors
pl n
a condition in which a person, usually a child, suddenly starts from sleep in a state of extreme fear but cannot later remember the incident