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NARCOLEPSY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep
Example:
he believes that narcolepsy is attributable to an inability to suppress REM sleep during waking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("narcolepsy" is a kind of...):
hypersomnia (an inability to stay awake)
Derivation:
narcoleptic (of or relating to narcolepsy)
Context examples:
A combination of drugs used as a treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy (a sleep disorder).
(Adderall, NCI Dictionary)
Narcolepsy is a disorder that makes people feel excessively sleepy during the day and sometimes experience changes reminiscent of REM sleep, like loss of muscle tone in the limbs and hallucinations.
(The brain may actively forget during dream sleep, National Institutes of Health)
Dr. Kilduff’s lab and that of his collaborator, Akihiro Yamanaka, Ph.D., at Nagoya University in Japan, have spent years examining the role of a hormone called hypocretin/orexin in controlling sleep and narcolepsy.
(The brain may actively forget during dream sleep, National Institutes of Health)
