Narcolepsy vs Epilepsy - What's the difference?
narcolepsy | epilepsy |
(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations
(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.
* (Jeremy Taylor)
In pathology terms the difference between narcolepsy and epilepsy
is that narcolepsy is a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations while epilepsy is a medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.narcolepsy
English
(wikipedia narcolepsy)Noun
- Excitement-induced narcolepsy caused him to sleep through the most important events of his life.
Derived terms
* narcolepticepilepsy
English
(wikipedia epilepsy)Noun
- Epilepsies , or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.