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yaqona (medicine) and Excessive daytime sleepiness (health)


yaqona (medicine)


yaqona


A Fijian drink made from the powdered root of Piper methysticum (family Piperaceae); excessive drinking of it causes a state of hyperexcitability and a loss of power in the legs; chronic intoxication induces roughening of the skin and a state of debility.

See: methysticum.

Synonym: kava, yanggona.

Origin: Fijian name


Excessive daytime sleepiness (health)


A neurological disorder in which there is a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Excessive daytime sleepiness is also known as narcolepsy.