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narcoleptic, a. and n.|nɑːkəʊˈlɛptɪk|
[ad. F. narcoleptique; cf. epileptic a. and n.]
A. adj. Characteristic of or affected with narcolepsy.
1904G. S. Hall Adolescence I. 264 Sometimes a sense of fatigue, lassitude, and sleepiness, rarely narcoleptic, may supervene. 1912Jrnl. Nervous & Mental Dis. XXXIX. 131 (heading) Adipose pituitary syndrome of Lannois with narcoleptic fits. 1949Progress Neurol. & Psychiatry IV. 414 Narcoleptic sleep,..major convulsions, or other ‘epileptic’ symptoms. 1960Arch. Gen. Psychiatry III. 422/1 This narcoleptic patient is an intelligent 42-year-old married Negro male shipping clerk. 1972Ibid. XXVI. 462/1 The narcoleptic sleep attack is more imperative but of shorter duration than diurnal hypersomniac sleep.
B. n. A narcoleptic person.
1928Brain LI. 84 The sleep of the narcoleptic is to be likened in all respects to normal, healthy sleep. 1957Proc. Mayo Clinic XXXII. 324 A serious problem among the narcoleptics is the tendency to drowse when driving. 1972Arch. Gen. Psychiatry XXVI. 457/2 Hypersomniacs do not fall asleep while eating, speaking, or walking, as narcoleptics do. |