"night terror" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: night terrors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} night terror (plural night terrors)
  1. (pathology) A sleeping disorder, where sleep is interrupted by anxiety, panic or screaming. Categories (topical): Pathology Translations (sleeping disorder): 夜驚 (Chinese Mandarin), 夜惊 (yèjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), søvnterror [common-gender] (Danish), unikauhuhäiriö (Finnish), terreur nocturne [feminine] (French), Nachtangst [feminine] (German), Pavor Nocturnus [masculine] (German), éjszakai felrettenés/rémület (Hungarian), terrore notturno [masculine] (Italian), pavor nocturnus [masculine] (Italian), 夜驚症 (yakyōshō) (alt: やきょうしょう) (Japanese), 야경증 (yagyeongjeung) (alt: 夜驚症) (Korean), terror noturno [masculine] (Portuguese), ночно́й у́жас (nočnój úžas) [masculine] (Russian), ночно́й страх (nočnój strax) [masculine] (Russian), nattskräck [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-night_terror-en-noun-fkCVAAsF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'sleeping disorder': 95 5
  2. (pathology) An interruption of sleep caused by anxiety, panic or screaming. Categories (topical): Pathology, Sleep
    Sense id: en-night_terror-en-noun-ntFR61OR Disambiguation of Sleep: 43 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pavor nocturnus, sleep terror, terrore notturno

Inflected forms

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