nightmare — Also known as ephialtes nocturnus, dream anxiety attack, REM anxiety dream, REM nightmare, and D nightmare. The term nightmare comes from the Old English noun *mare, which means hag or goblin (see also the entries Mar, Mare, and Incubus). It… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
sleep-onset nightmare — see hypnagogic nightmare … Dictionary of Hallucinations
waking-nightmare hallucination — Also known as w nightmare hallucination and nightmare. The term waking nightmare hallucination was proposed in or shortly before 2003 by the Canadian psychologist and sleep researcher James Allan Cheyne to denote a *hypnagogic or * hypnopompic … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Sleep paralysis — is paralysis associated with sleep that may occur in healthy persons or may be associated with narcolepsy, cataplexy, and hypnagogic hallucinations. The pathophysiology of this condition is closely related to the normal hypotonia that occurs… … Wikipedia
Hypnagogia — (Greek ὕπνος, húpnos sleep + the root found in ἄγω, ágō to lead away, conduct, convey , ἀγωγεύς, agōgeús conveyor , ἀγωγή, agōgḗ abduction, transport, leading away etc.), often misspelled hypnogogia , is a term coined by Alfred Maury for the… … Wikipedia
dream — dreamful, adj. dreamfully, adv. dreamfulness, n. dreamingly, adv. dreamlike, adj. /dreem/, n., v., dreamed or dreamt, dreaming, adj. n. 1. a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep. 2. the sleeping state… … Universalium
Paralysie du sommeil — La paralysie du sommeil est un trouble du sommeil, ou plus précisément une parasomnie selon la Classification internationale des troubles du sommeil, qui se caractérise par le fait que le sujet, sur le point de s endormir (paralysie hypnagogique) … Wikipédia en Français
Narcolepsy — For other uses, see Narcolepsy (disambiguation). Narcolepsy Classification and external resources ICD 10 G47.4 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
microsleep — A term introduced in or shortly before 1966 by the Russian American neurophysiologist Wladimir Theodore Liberson (1904 1994) to denote a sleep state lasting for a short lapse of time, typically a few seconds to a minute. The definition and… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
sleep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. slumber, somnolence, nap, doze, drowse, rest, repose; coma; hypnosis. v. i. slumber, repose, doze, nap; be dead or dormant. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slumber, doze, nap, rest, repose, sound sleep, deep… … English dictionary for students
