parasomnia

parasomnia
Any dysfunction associated with sleep, e.g., somnabulism, pavor nocturnus, enureseis, or nocturnal seizures.

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para·som·nia (par″ə-somґne-ə) [para- + somn- + -ia] [DSM-IV] a category of sleep disorders in which abnormal physiological or behavioral events occur during sleep, due to inappropriately timed activation of physiological systems; it includes nightmare disorder, sleep terror disorder, and sleepwalking disorder. Cf. dyssomnia.

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