narcolepsy
A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often…A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.
» Tom suffers from narcolepsy.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.
Excitement-induced narcolepsy caused him to sleep through the most important events of his life.
Narkolepsie
нарколе́псияnarkolépsija
нарколе́псіяnarkolépsija
a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep
Examples
5 sentencesTom suffers from narcolepsy.
I suffer from narcolepsy.
I'm suffering from narcolepsy.
Tom has narcolepsy.
ruУ Тома нарколепсия.
While Grumpy couldn't sleep due to insomnia, Sleepy had narcolepsy.
Translations
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Origin
From French narcolepsie. By surface analysis, narco- + -lepsy, from Ancient Greek ναρκόω (From French narcolepsie. By surface analysis, narco- + -lepsy, from Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō, “put to sleep”) + λῆψις (lêpsis, “seizure”).
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Forms
plural: narcolepsies| Singular | narcolepsy |
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Word family
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