Clinical Diagnosis · Nervous System · Medium
Narcolepsy
Meaning: A chronic sleep disorder causing overwhelming daytime sleepiness and sudden, uncontrollable episodes of falling asleep.
In practice: He kept dozing off mid-conversation, and a sleep study confirmed narcolepsy.
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