narcolepsy
/ˈnɑː(ɹ)kəˌlɛpsi/
narcolepsy noun: a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.
Noun
narcolepsy (countable and uncountable, plural narcolepsies)
- A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.
- Excitement-induced narcolepsy caused him to sleep through the most important events of his life.
- “The conflict between corporations and activists is that of narcolepsy versus remembrance. The corporations have money, power, and influence. Our sole weapon is public outrage. Outrage blocked the Yuccan Dam, ousted Nixon, and in part, terminated the monstrosities in Vietnam. [...]”2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, pages 123-124
narcolepsy meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Arabic
narcolepsy in Tamil
- துயில் மயக்க நோய், உறக்கமுயலகன், கட்டுப்படாத்தூக்கம்
narcolepsy in Marathi
- sleeping disorder
- नार्कोलेप्सी nārkolepsī
narcolepsy in Bengali
- রোগ, নিদ্রারোগ
narcolepsy in Arabic
- sleeping disorder
- تَغْفِيق taḡfīq
More languagesFewer languages
- narcolepsy in Indonesian
- narkolepsi
Forms of narcolepsy
| plural | narcolepsies |
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Origin of narcolepsy
From French narcolepsie. By surface analysis, narco- + -lepsy, from Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō, “put to sleep”) + λῆψις (lêpsis, “seizure”).
Words formed from narcolepsy
Questions about narcolepsy
- What does narcolepsy mean?
- Narcolepsy means a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.
- What is narcolepsy in Tamil?
- Narcolepsy in Tamil is துயில் மயக்க நோய், உறக்கமுயலகன், கட்டுப்படாத்தூக்கம். See Narcolepsy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is narcolepsy?
- Narcolepsy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce narcolepsy?
- Narcolepsy is pronounced /ˈnɑː(ɹ)kəˌlɛpsi/.
- What is the plural of narcolepsy?
- The plural of narcolepsy is narcolepsies.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: narcolepsy (page history and authors); narcolepsy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); narcolepsy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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