pavor nocturnus

1. 1.

   a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare; they occur during NREM sleep

   Synonymssleep terror disorder

   Broadersleep disorder

Questions about pavor nocturnus

What does pavor nocturnus mean?

pavor nocturnus means "a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare; they occur during NREM sleep".

What is another word for pavor nocturnus?

Close synonyms include sleep terror disorder. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pavor nocturnus a common word?

pavor nocturnus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.