pavor /pa·vor/ (pa´vor) [L.] terror.
Pavor nocturnus
pavor nocturnus
pavor [pa´vor] (L.)
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.
pa·vor noc·tur·nus (p  v r n k-tûrns, pvôr )n. Night-terrors. |
Pavor nocturnus
Another term for sleep terror disorder.
Mentioned in: Sleep Disorders
pavor nocturnus
[noktur′nəs]
a sleep disorder occurring in children during nighttime sleep in which they cry out in alarm and awaken in fear and panic. See also nightmare, sleep terror disorder.
Night Terror
The abrupt awakening from sleep with behaviour consistent with terror, which is most common in preadolescent boys, but may occur in girls and extend into adulthood
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.
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