Usually means: Intense fear during partial awakening.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word night terrors:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. night terrors: Merriam-Webster
  2. night terrors: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. night terrors: Collins English Dictionary
  4. night terrors: Vocabulary.com
  5. night-terrors, night terrors: Wordnik
  6. night terrors: Wiktionary
  7. night-terrors, night terrors: Dictionary.com
  8. Night Terrors (Doctor Who), Night Terrors (film), Night terrors: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. night terrors: FreeDictionary.org
  10. night terrors: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. night terrors: Legal dictionary

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. night terrors: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Night terrors: Merck Manuals
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. night terrors: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  6. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  7. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  8. night terrors: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Night Terrors: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See night_terror 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.
▸ Also see night_terror


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