脱だつ力りょく発ほっ作さ

noun

cataplexy; atonic seizure

Medical term for a sudden loss of muscle tone, often triggered by strong emotion in narcolepsy, or a type of seizure.

• ナルコレプシーの患かん者じゃは、笑わらったときに脱だつ力りょく発ほっ作さを起おこすことがある。

  Patients with narcolepsy may experience cataplexy when they laugh.

• 脱だつ力りょく発ほっ作さは、突とつ然ぜんの筋きん緊きん張ちょう低てい下かを特とく徴ちょうとする。

  Atonic seizures are characterized by a sudden loss of muscle tone.