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idiopathic hypersomnia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
id-io-pathic hy-per-som-nia
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A neurological disorder characterized primarily by excessive need for sleep, even during the day, without obvious external cause such as a physical brain injury.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

idiopathic hypersomnias (plural)

Questions

What does idiopathic hypersomnia mean?
A neurological disorder characterized primarily by excessive need for sleep, even during the day, without obvious external cause such as a physical brain injury.

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