English noun: sleeping sickness | |||
1. | sleeping sickness (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, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis, sleepy sickness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis | ||