[每日] narcolepsy (n) 猝睡症
Word of the Day (Sunday January 18, 2009)
narcolepsy \NAHR-kuh-lep-see\, noun:
Pronunciation: http://ppt.cc/XPw9
a disorder characterized by uncontrollable bouts of sleepiness
during the daytime, occasional loss of muscle power and
paralysis, and hallucinations during sleep
This story of Sleeping Beauty centers on the independent,
headstrong Briar Rose, a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty who suffers a
persistent and seemingly incurable case of narcolepsy.
-- Denver Post, 2008-02-08
Biologically speaking, sleep loss has been shown to increase
inflammatory responses, which may underlie pathological
sleepiness in sleep apnea and narcolepsy disturb our
metabolism, increase the risk of cardiovascular problems and
decrease our life span.
-- Sara Mednick, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 2007-02-22
by 1880, from French narcolepsie, coined 1880 by physician
Jean-Baptiste-Édouard Gélineau (1859-1928) from combining
form of Greek narke "numbness, stupor" + lepsis "an attack,
seizure."
--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)
◆ From: 218.211.239.101
推
01/21 16:04, , 1F
01/21 16:04, 1F
→
01/21 18:26, , 2F
01/21 18:26, 2F
GRE 近期熱門文章
PTT職涯區 即時熱門文章