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narcolepsy

/nahr-kuh-lep-see/US // ˈnɑr kəˌlɛp si //UK // (ˈnɑːkəˌlɛpsɪ) //

嗜睡症,昏睡症,嗜睡病,麻醉症

Related Words

catalepsy僵化症,催化症,僵硬症,僵局encephalitis脑炎,大脑炎,头脑炎,脑膜炎encephalitis lethargica昏睡性脑炎,昏睡症脑炎,昏睡脑炎,昏睡症trypanosomiasis锥虫病,锥蝽,锥体病,角膜炎

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pathology.

    • : a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insleeping sickness
Forms: narcolepsies
Synonyms
african sleeping sickness非洲昏睡病,非洲睡病,非洲睡眠病,非洲沉睡病catalepsy僵化症,催化症,僵硬症,僵局encephalitis脑炎,大脑炎,头脑炎,脑膜炎encephalitis lethargica昏睡性脑炎,昏睡症脑炎,昏睡脑炎,昏睡症trypanosomiasis锥虫病,锥蝽,锥体病,角膜炎

Examples

  • The drug cited in Boyland’s death is addictive and can be prescribed to treat attention-deficit disorder and narcolepsy.

  • In the 1980s, Allan Rechtschaffen, a sleep researcher at the University of Chicago celebrated for his pioneering work on narcolepsy, began to design experiments that could separate the effects of overstimulation from those of sleeplessness.

  • In white subjects, narcolepsy is seldom fatal but has been known to last for years.

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