Usually means: Chronic neurological disorder disrupting sleep.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word narcolepsy:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. narcolepsy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. narcolepsy: Merriam-Webster
  3. narcolepsy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. narcolepsy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. narcolepsy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. narcolepsy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Narcolepsy, narcolepsy: Wordnik
  8. narcolepsy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. narcolepsy: Wiktionary
  10. narcolepsy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. narcolepsy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. narcolepsy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. narcolepsy: Dictionary.com
  14. narcolepsy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Narcolepsy (disambiguation), Narcolepsy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. narcolepsy: Rhymezone
  17. narcolepsy: FreeDictionary.org
  18. narcolepsy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. narcolepsy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. narcolepsy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. narcolepsy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. narcolepsy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Narcolepsy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. narcolepsy: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Glossary
  6. Narcolepsy: Merck Manuals
  7. narcolepsy: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  8. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  9. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  10. Narcolepsy: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  11. Disorder Index (No longer online)
  12. narcolepsy: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  13. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  14. narcolepsy: Medical dictionary
  15. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  16. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  17. Narcolepsy: Drug Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. narcolepsy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See narcolepsies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.

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