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pavor /pa·vor/ (pa´vor) [L.] terror.
pavor noctur´nus [L. “night terrors”] a sleep disturbance of children causing them to cry out in fright and awake in panic, with poor recall of a nightmare. Repeated occurrences are called sleep terror disorder.
pavor [pā′vôr] Etymology: L, quaking a reaction to a frightening stimulus, characterized by excessive terror. pavor [pa´vor] (L.) pavor diur´nus attacks of anxiety in children during a daytime nap. pavor noctur´nus a sleep disturbance usually occurring in children and characterized by extreme anxiety occurring shortly after sleep onset, with panicky awakening, fear and signs of autonomic arousal, inability to be comforted, poor recall of any dream, and later amnesia for the event. Repeated occurrences are called sleep terror disorder. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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depersonalization disorder night terrors nightmare pavor diurnus pavor nocturnus sleep sleep disorders sleep terror disorder terror | Os jovens de hoje sao diferentes dos estudados ha cinquenta anos, em decorrencia dos novos modos de relacionamento e das novas tecnologias que muitas vezes causam pavor no adulto. Medo do caos, da potência dos elementos naturais, dos astros e do fogo caído do céu, daqueles a respeito dos quais se suspeita como tendo possfveis relações com o mistério das coisas: "Tudo leva a crer que os homens primitivos foram reunidos por um desgosto e por um pavor comum, por um insuperável horror, precisamente sobre o que tinha sido, primitivamente, o centro atrativo de sua uniáo" (Bataille, 1970a, p. A diferencia de Natividad, el problema con Adan es que se encuentra todavia muy cerca de su origen arrastrandolo como un lastre: "Tenia esa sangre envenenada, mestiza, en la cual los indigenas veian su propio miedo y encontraban su propia nostalgia imperecedera, su pavor retrospectivo, el naufragio de que aun tenian memoria" (Revueltas, El luto 246). |
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