narcolepsy是什么意思

2024-01-25 22:58:16

narcolepsy

美[nɑːrkoʊlepsi] 英[nɑːkəʊlepsi]

n. 嗜眠病

形容词：narcoleptic 名词复数：narcolepsies

Noun

a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep;
"he believes that narcolepsy is attributable to an inability to suppress REM sleep during waking"

Narcolepsy is often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed. 嗜睡症经常会被误诊或者未被确诊的。
Researchers continue to seek out the root cause of narcolepsy. 研究者继续寻找嗜睡症的根本病因。
Narcolepsy is having a hard time staying awake during the day. 猝睡症是指白天难以保持清醒。猝睡症患者可能突然入睡。
Experts believe there could be up to 30,000 cases of narcolepsy in Britain. 据专家估计，英国境内患嗜眠症的大约可达3万人。
There are also many people who experience Sleep Paralysis without having signs of narcolepsy. 同时仍然有大批人的经验仅仅是睡眠瘫痪症，而不伴随有嗜睡症。
It was first used in the 1950s to treat narcolepsy, an illness where people suddenly fall asleep at irregular times. 它首次于1950年代被用来治疗嗜睡症，那是一种使人突然陷入沈睡状态的疾病。