SLEEPY SICKNESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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; sleeping sickness; sleepy sickness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sleepy sickness" is a kind of...):

cephalitis; encephalitis; phrenitis (inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever ('phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use))

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