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narcolepsy Path.|ˈnɑːkəlɛpsɪ|
Also -lepsia.
[First formed as F. narcolepsie (Gélineau 1880, in Gaz. des Hôpitaux LIII. 626/2), f. narco- as comb. form of Gr. νάρκη numbness + -lepsy as in epilepsy.]
A nervous disease characterized by short and frequently recurring attacks of somnolence; also, the somnolent state which often precedes an attack of epilepsy.
1880Jrnl. Nervous & Mental Dis. VII. 737 Dr. Gelineau [sic], Gaz. des Hopitaux [sic], Nos. 79 and 80, describes at length, and discusses a case in his practice which..seems to be one of a new disease, for which he proposes the name ‘Narcolepsy’. 1888Lancet 28 Jan. 188/2 Narcolepsia consists in sudden attacks of deep sleep lasting some minutes. 1894Ibid. 3 Nov. 1065/1 A case of narcolepsy, the subject being a soldier who suffered daily from sudden attacks of somnolence. 1898Pop. Sci. Monthly LII. 558 Among rarer forms of pathological sleep the author discusses narcolepsy. 1928Brain LI. 78 All narcolepsy is..symptomatic, but at present we do not always know of what pathological or physiological condition it is thus symptomatic. 1969Sunday Times 2 Nov. 10/3 It [sc. amphetamine] is the best drug of narcolepsy (uncontrollable attacks of sleeping). 1972H. L. Williams in Brady & Nauta Princ., Pract. & Positions Neuropsychiatric Res. 454 It has been observed that patients with idiopathic narcolepsy frequently move directly from waking to REM sleep. |