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narcolepsy

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
narcolepsy /ˈnɑːkə(ʊ)lɛpsi/

▶noun Medicine a condition characterized by an extreme tendency to fall asleep.

– derivatives
narcoleptic adjective & noun.

– origin C19: from Gk narkē ‘numbness’, on the pattern of epilepsy.

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