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Narcolepsy vs Narcolept - What's the difference?

narcolepsy | narcolept |

As nouns the difference between narcolepsy and narcolept

is that narcolepsy is a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations while narcolept is someone with narcolepsy.

narcolepsy

English

(wikipedia narcolepsy)

Noun

  • (pathology) 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.

    Derived terms

    * narcoleptic

    narcolept

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone with narcolepsy.

    • Synonyms

    * narcoleptic (more common)