narcolepsy

Noun

narcolepsy (plural narcolepsies)

1. (pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations

10 letters in word "narcolepsy": A C E L N O P R S Y.

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• Definitions:
• A sleep disorder marked by sudden, uncontrollable urges to sleep, causing an individual to fall asleep at inappropriate times. ...
• A syndrome that is often hereditary, and characterized by repeated attacks of sudden sleep that may be associated with other specific abnormalities making up the narcolepsy complex.
• A sleep disorder marked by excessive sleepiness or sudden sleep attacks.
• A condition characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of sleep.
• is a condition when someone is often sleeping in the daytime.
• Intrusion of REM sleep into wakefulness; Onset of deepest sleep in a rapid, overwhelming fashion; The prevalence of narcolepsy has been calculated at about 0.03% of the general population
• chronic sleep disorder causing daytime drowsiness and sleep attacks; affects about 200,000 Americans.
• A syndrome characterized by recurrent uncontrollable seizures of drowsiness and sleep.
• An uncommon sleep disorder, narcolepsy is marked by recurring irrepressible attacks of sleep during normal waking hours, as well as by cataplexy, sleep paralysis and hallucinations.
• A condition that causes sudden uncontrollable desire to sleep and sometimes causes visual or auditory hallucinations at the onset of sleep.
• A sudden, uncontrollable disposition to sleep occurring at irregular intervals, with or without obvious predisposing or exciting cause.
• a neurological sleep disorder
• A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep.
• sleep disorder characterized by sudden and repeated attacks of sleep, usually accompanied by cataplexy, hypnogogic hallucination, and sleep paralysis
• 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"
• Narcolepsy is a neurological condition most characterized by Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS). A narcoleptic will most likely experience disturbed nocturnal sleep, confused with insomnia, and disorder of REM or rapid eye movement sleep. It is a type of dyssomnia.

• narcolepsies ←
• narcohypnosis ←
• narcohypnoses ←
• narcolepsy
• → narcoleptic
• → narcoleptics
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