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  • n  a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare; they occur during NREM sleep
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    Sleepwalking and Sleep Terrors Sleepwalking (also called somnambulism) is common in school-age children. Sleep terrors (also called night terrors or pavor nocturnus) are a related disorder that usually occurs in young children.
    Aug. 13, 2013 - InteliHealth

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