narcolepsy

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الإنجليزية - التركية
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
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.

Recurring, irresistible attacks of drowsiness with the likelihood of falling asleep at any time
A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep
a sleep disorder characterized by being able to fall asleep without warning and immediately going into REM
(nar-co-lep-si) A cause of daytime sleepiness due to an inherited disorder of the control of dreaming sleep Has to be differentiated from sleep apnoea, periodic leg movements and other rarer causes of daytime sleepiness
sleep disorder characterized by excessive sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, hypnogogic hallucinations, and an abnormal tendency to pass directly from wakefulness into REM sleep
{i} disease characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks (Pathology)
a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep; "he believes that narcolepsy is attributable to an inability to suppress REM sleep during waking
a serious sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and sudden uncontrollable attacks of REM sleep usually 10-20 minutes-usually has triggers
sleep disorder; irresistible attacks of daytime sleep; loss of muscle tone when experiencing intense emotion
Narcolepsy is a rare medical condition. It causes people who suffer from it to fall into a deep sleep at any time without any warning. Sleep disorder with sudden, uncontrollable spells of daytime sleep and disturbances of nighttime sleep. It usually begins in youth or early adulthood and is presumably due to dysfunction of certain brain structures. Narcoleptics can fall asleep anywhere and anytime for instance, while talking, eating, or driving. Sleep usually lasts a moment, rarely over an hour, and the narcoleptic is easily awakened. Sleep paralysis, normal when falling asleep or waking, occurs during full consciousness in narcolepsy, with brief but complete inability to move
A sleep disorder in which the person suddenly falls asleep during activities usually performed when fully awake (p 169)
— a condition characterized by extreme daytime sleepiness
narcoleptic
{i} suffering from narcolepsy, affected by a disease characterized by sudden attacks of sleepiness (Pathology)
narcoleptic
a person who has narcolepsy
narcoleptic
of or relating to narcolepsy
narcoleptic
a soporific drug that produces an uncontrollable desire to sleep a person who has narcolepsy of or relating to narcolepsy
narcoleptic
Pertaining to narcolepsy
narcoleptic
a soporific drug that produces an uncontrollable desire to sleep
narcoleptic
One who suffers from narcolepsy
narcolepsy

    الواصلة

    nar·co·lep·sy

    التركية النطق

    närkılepsi

    النطق

    /ˈnärkəˌlepsē/ /ˈnɑːrkəˌlɛpsiː/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    [ 'när-k&-"lep-sE ] (noun.) 1880. From narco- + -lepsy .
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