Kleine-Levin syndrome

[ klahyn-luh-vin ]

noun

, Pathology.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kleine-Levin syndrome¹

Named after German psychiatrist Willi Kleine (1879–1961) and Russian-born U.S. psychologist Max Levin (1901–74), who independently described it in the 1920s