narcolepsy
ナルコレプシー
解説 Definition
narcolepsy は、日中に強い眠気や突然の睡眠発作が起こる睡眠障害で、ナルコレプシーという意味です。日本語の医学用語とほぼ同じで、診断名として医療や健康に関する文脈で使われます。
Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological sleep disorder that disrupts normal control of sleep and wakefulness, typically causing excessive daytime sleepiness and, in some people, sudden episodes of sleep or related symptoms.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
医学語として narco-「昏睡・麻痺に関わる」＋-lepsy「発作」と分け、日中の耐え難い眠気や突然の睡眠発作が起こる睡眠障害と結び付ける。単なる tiredness や寝不足ではなく、be diagnosed with narcolepsy、symptoms of narcolepsy のように診断名として使う点を覚える。
Break the medical term into narco-, associated with numbness or a sleep-like state, and -lepsy, associated with a seizure or sudden attack. This structure helps you remember the central idea of episodes involving an uncontrollable need for sleep. However, narcolepsy is not simply tiredness after too little sleep; it is a diagnosed neurological sleep disorder involving disrupted control of sleeping and waking. Learn it through clinical combinations such as symptoms of narcolepsy, be diagnosed with narcolepsy, and treatment for narcolepsy. These phrases keep the word in its proper medical context.
例文
Narcolepsy can make it hard to stay awake during the day.
ナルコレプシーがあると、日中に起きているのが難しくなることがあります。
The doctor explained the symptoms of narcolepsy.
医師はナルコレプシーの症状を説明しました。
She adjusted her work schedule after being diagnosed with narcolepsy.
彼女はナルコレプシーと診断された後、勤務スケジュールを調整しました。
narcolepsy の類義語・関連語
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narcolepsy の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ギリシャ語 narkē（麻痺・昏睡）と lēpsis（発作）の合成語。narkē は narcotic（麻薬）の語源でもある。文字通り「眠りの発作」を意味し、突然強い眠気に襲われる症状を的確に表している。関連語に narcosis（麻酔状態）がある。
Narcolepsy was formed from Greek elements: narkē, referring to numbness, stupor, or a state of insensibility, and lēpsis, “a taking” or “seizure,” from lambanein, “to take.” The first element also appears in narcotic and narcosis, while the second appears in names of seizure disorders such as epilepsy. The compound was created as a medical term for a disorder marked by recurrent, compelling episodes of sleepiness.
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