narcolepsy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations. countable,uncountable
    — Excitement-induced narcolepsy caused him to sleep through the most important events of his life.

词形变化

narcolepsies plural

词源

From French narcolepsie. By surface analysis, narco- + -lepsy, from Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō, “put to sleep”) + λῆψις (lêpsis, “seizure”).
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