English noun: epidemic encephalitis | |||
1. | epidemic encephalitis (state) an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness | ||
Synonyms | encephalitis lethargica, lethargic encephalitis, sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis | ||