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nightmare disorder

nightmare disorder

in DSM–IV–TR and DSM–5, a sleep disorder characterized by the repeated occurrence of frightening dreams that lead to awakenings from sleep. It was formerly known as dream anxiety disorder. See parasomnia.

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