Look up: narcolepsy

1. Narcolepsy
   a sleep disorder characterized by being able to fall asleep without warning and immediately going into REM.
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2. narcolepsy
   [n] - a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep
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3. Narcolepsy
   Rare sleep disorder with severe impact on those affected. Its symptoms can include hallucinations. The main characteristic of narcolepsy is overwhelming excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), even after adequate night time sleep. A person with narcolepsy is likely to become drowsy or to fall asleep, of...
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4. Narcolepsy
   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.
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5. Narcolepsy
   a disorder that causes excessive sleepiness during the day and frequent and uncontrollable episodes of falling asleep
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6. Narcolepsy
   A condition, which is often familial in which there are recurrent, sudden bouts of irresistible sleep. The affected person will usually experience one other of the following: - cataplexy (sudden loss of muscle tone, sleep paralysis (brief paralysis on waking), and hypnagogic hallucinations (hallucin...
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7. Narcolepsy
   A chronic neurologic condition characterized by reoccurring and inexplicable drowsiness and sleep.
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8. Narcolepsy
   disorder characterised by short periods of inappropriate sleep during the day, with sleep paralysis and hypnagogic and hypnapompic hallucinations. It is often associated with cataplexy
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9. Narcolepsy
   Our Narcolepsy Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Narcolepsy Narcolepsy: A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Narcolepsy is often associated with cataplexy (a sudden loss of muscle tone and paralysis of vol...
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10. narcolepsy
    a condition of unknown cause characterized by a periodic uncontrollable tendency to fall asleep Category: Medicine • sudden transitory attack of somnolence Category: Medicine
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11. narcolepsy
    <neurology> A disorder of sleep associated with excessive daytime sleepiness, involuntary daytime sleep episodes, disturbed nocturnal sleep and cataplexy. ... Narcolepsy affects over 100,000 people in the United States and appears to have a genetic basis. ... Symptoms usually begin in the pati...
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12. narcolepsy
    noun 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`
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13. narcolepsy
    (nahr´ko-lep″se) recurrent, uncontrollable, brief episodes of sleep, often associated with hallucinations just beforehand or just afterward, or cataplexy or sleep paralysis. adj., narcolep´tic., adj.
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14. narcolepsy
    a sleep disturbance that is characterized by sudden, uncontrollable spells of sleep during the day, with disturbances of sleep at night.[2 related articles]
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15. narcolepsy
    narcolepsy 1. A morbid inclination to sleep. 2. Uncontrollable sleepiness or desire to sleep; usually coming on at intervals even when the subject is supposed to be awake and active. 3. A sleep disorder that usually appears in young adulthood, consisting of recurring episodes of sleep during the day...
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16. narcolepsy
    narcolepsy, a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and recurring unwanted episodes of sleep (“sleep attacks”). People with narcolepsy may abruptly fall asleep at almost any time, including while talking, eating, or even walking. The attacks may range from embarras...
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17. narcolepsy
    Type: Term Pronunciation: nar′kō-lep-sē Definitions: 1. A sleep disorder that usually appears in young adulthood, consisting of recurring episodes of sleep during the day and often disrupted nocturnal sleep; frequently accompanied by cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic halluci...
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18. Narcolepsy
    | ICD9 = | OMIM = 161400 | eMedicineSubj = neuro | eMedicineTopic = 522 | MeshID = D009290 --> `Narcolepsy` is a chronic sleep disorder, or dyssomnia, characterized by an excessive urge to sleep in inappropriate times, such as while at work or at school. Narcoleptics usually experience disturbed noc...
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