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leptodactylous (medicine)


leptodactylous


Having slender fingers.

Origin: Lepto-+ G. Daktylos, finger


Gelineau's syndrome (medicine)


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narcolepsy
<neurology> A disorder of sleep associated with excessive daytime sleepiness, involuntary daytime sleep episodes, disturbed nocturnal sleep and cataplexy.

Narcolepsy affects over 100,000 people in the United States and appears to have a genetic basis.

Symptoms usually begin in the patients twenties. Treatment often includes the use of amphetamines and-or tricyclic antidepressants.