sleep disorders medicine: nightmare
Used to denote an unpleasant and frightening dream that usually occurs in REM sleep. Occasionally called a dream anxiety attack, not a sleep (night) terror.*
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*Reprinted with permission from: Culebras, Antonio Clinical Handbook of Sleep Disorders Hardcover © 1996 Butterworth-Heinemann