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hypersomnolence

Definitions

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  • noun medicine Excessive sleepiness

Etymologies

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hyper- +‎ somnolence

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Examples

  • This condition caused hypersomnolence - he'd fall asleep mid-conversation, sometimes with foreign heads of state.

    Peter J Burns: McCain's Maverick Left Eye and a History of Presidential Infirmity 2008

  • Children with idiopathic hypersomnolence tend to be long sleepers and long or frequent nappers, but otherwise they are normal.

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • Although insufficient sleep is the most common cause of daytime sleepiness, narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnolence, and sleep apnea are the three main sleep disorders that cause it.

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • Although insufficient sleep is the most common cause of daytime sleepiness, narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnolence, and sleep apnea are the three main sleep disorders that cause it.

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • In narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnolence, the daytime sleepiness is more evident.

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • In narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnolence, the daytime sleepiness is more evident.

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • Children with idiopathic hypersomnolence tend to be long sleepers and long or frequent nappers, but otherwise they are normal.

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • Idiopathic hypersomnolence may reflect several different disorders that happen to have the same symptoms, but because the pattern of difficulties is often quite similar from one child to the next, it is thought that most people with this problem probably have the same disorder, or perhaps one of a few closely related disorders.

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • Idiopathic hypersomnolence may reflect several different disorders that happen to have the same symptoms, but because the pattern of difficulties is often quite similar from one child to the next, it is thought that most people with this problem probably have the same disorder, or perhaps one of a few closely related disorders.

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • Patients with the myotonic dystrophy type 1 exhibit cognitive and behavioral abnormalities including mental retardation, visuo-spatial memory deficits, apathy, anxiety, hypersomnolence, autism, depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders

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