KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME


Meaning of KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME in English

/kluyn"leuh vin"/ , Pathol.

prolonged episodes of excessive sleepiness often accompanied by overeating, hallucinations, and electroencephalogram changes, usually beginning in adolescence.

[ after German psychologist Willi Kleine (fl. 1925) and U.S. psychologist Max Levin (born 1901), who independently described it in the 1920s ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .