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An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 34

(Lat.), n. m. E2f-i"-alt(a3lt)'ez(as). Gen., ephialt'u (-CK). Gr., tyiaAnjs (from rf. upon, and oAAe<r0<u, to leap). Fr., ephialte. Ger., Alpdriicken. Nightmare. [A, 311 (o, 17).] E. hypochondriac us. Hypochondriacal hallucinations, [a, 29.] E. nocturn us. Nightmare. [L, 29 (a, 29).] E. vigilantium. An oppre ion resembling nightmare but coming on during wakefulne . [L, 29 (a, 29).] [s. 722]