sleeping sickness

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noun sleeping sickness 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. 1
noun sleeping sickness Also called epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis. a viral disease affecting the brain, characterized by apathy, sleepiness, extreme muscular weakness, and impairment of vision. 1
uncountable noun sleeping sickness Sleeping sickness is a serious tropical disease which causes great tiredness and often leads to death. 0
noun sleeping sickness an African disease caused by infection with protozoans of the genus Trypanosoma, characterized by fever, wasting, and sluggishness 0
noun sleeping sickness an epidemic viral form of encephalitis characterized by extreme drowsiness 0
noun sleeping sickness an infectious disease, esp. common in tropical Africa, caused by either of two trypanosomes (Trypanosoma gambiense or T. rhodesiense) that are transmitted by the bite of a tsetse fly: it is characterized by fever, drowsiness, and coma, usually ending in prolonged coma and death 0

before 1870

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First recorded in 1870-75

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