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sleeping sickness
noun Pathology.
1.
Also called African sleeping sickness, African trypanosomiasis. a generally fatal disease, common in parts of Africa, characterized by fever, wasting, and progressive lethargy: caused by a parasitic protozoan, Trypanosoma gambiense or T. rhodesiense, that is carried by a tsetse fly, Glossina palpalis.
2.
Also called epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis. a viral disease affecting the brain, characterized by apathy, sleepiness, extreme muscular weakness, and impairment of vision.
Also, British, sleepy sickness.
Origin:
1870–75
1870–75
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| sleeping sickness | |
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| 1. | Also called: African sleeping sickness an African disease caused by infection with protozoans of the genus Trypanosoma, characterized by fever, wasting, and sluggishness |
| 2. | Also called (esp formerly): sleepy sickness, Technical name: encephalitis lethargica an epidemic viral form of encephalitis characterized by extreme drowsiness |
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Medical Dictionary
sleeping sickness n.
See encephalitis lethargica.
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