Word: narcolepsy
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: nar
co
lep
sy
Definition: A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations
Morphemes:
Affix: narco-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Pertaining to stupor, sleep, or a state of unconsciousness.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: νάρκη
Language: grc
Decoded: narke
Meaning: numbness
Affix: -όω
Language: grc
Decoded: -oo
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with a causative or factitive meaning: to make someone do or be something.
Affix: -lepsy
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: a specified form of fit or seizure
Etymology Compounds: Affix: λαμβάνω
Language: grc
Decoded: lambano
Meaning: to take, grasp, seize
Affix: -σῐς
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process