Narcolepsy

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Thesaurus
catalepsy, coma, encephalitis lethargica, high, lethargy, narcohypnosis, narcoma, narcosis, narcotic stupor, narcotization, nod, sedation, shock, sleeping sickness, sopor, stupor, swoon, thanatosis, trance

Etymology
From.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 發作性嗜睡病, 发作性嗜睡病, 猝睡症, 猝睡症, 渴睡症, 渴睡症, 嗜眠病
 * Danish: narkolepsi
 * Estonian: narkolepsia


 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: ნარკოლეფსია
 * German: Narkolepsie

Derived terms

 * narcoleptic