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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


Synonymsencephalitis lethargica, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis, sleepy sickness


Broader (hypernym)cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis









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