Usually means: Intense fear during partial arousal.
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  1. night terror: Merriam-Webster
  2. night terror: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. night terror: Vocabulary.com
  4. night terror: Wiktionary
  5. night terror: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. night terror: Dictionary.com
  7. Night terror: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. night terror: Rhymezone
  9. night terror: FreeDictionary.org
  10. night terror: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. night terror: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. night terror: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  3. Night terror: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  4. night terror: Medical dictionary
  5. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

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  1. night terror: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See night_terrors as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (night terror)

noun:  (pathology) A sleeping disorder, where sleep is interrupted by anxiety, panic or screaming.
noun:  (pathology) An interruption of sleep caused by anxiety, panic or screaming.

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