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pavor Pavor refers to a state of terror or alarm, especially in the historical expression pavor nocturnus, meaning night-terrors in children.

Pavor refers to a state of terror or alarm, especially in the historical expression pavor nocturnus, meaning night-terrors in children. In this condition, a child suddenly wakes in fright during sleep, behaves as if seeing imaginary dangers, and usually has no memory of the episode the next day.

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Drafting source: Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine. 1892 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 7ec833f3f4ff2826cb5eba1722a767adae625ac9f49f83035a464dc975564f96. “Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine” (dictionaryofpsyc01tuke:chars-2068500-2080500).
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