sleeping sickness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- slē′pĭng sĭk′nĭs
- /ˈsliːpɪŋ ˈsɪknɪs/
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Meanings
- (uncountable, usually) Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom: ▸ Especially, African sleeping sickness, an endemic infectious disease of humans and animals in tropical Africa, caused by a parasitic trypanosome.
- (uncountable, usually) Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom: ▸ Animal trypanosomiasis.
- (uncountable, usually) Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom: ▸ Eastern equine encephalitis, caused by a zoonotic alphavirus and arbovirus present in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
- (uncountable, usually) Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom: ▸ Encephalitis lethargica, a form of encephalitis, of unknown cause, that swept the world in the 1920s.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sleeping sicknesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
sleepy distemper (African sleeping sickness) · negro lethargy (African sleeping sickness) · African trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness)
Translations (14)
cmn 昏睡病 (infectious disease) · fi unitauti (infectious disease) · fr maladie du sommeil (infectious disease) · ro boala somnului (infectious disease) · sw malale (infectious disease) · pl śpiączka afrykańska (infectious disease) · es enfermedad del sueño (infectious disease) · hu álomkór (infectious disease) · pt doença do sono (infectious disease) · ru со́нная боле́знь (infectious disease) · de Schlafkrankheit (infectious disease) · uk со́нна хворо́ба (infectious disease) · eo dormomalsano (infectious disease) · nl slaapziekte (infectious disease)