sleepy sickness

/ˌslipi ˌsɪknɪs/
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Definitions of sleepy sickness
  1. noun
    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
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    type 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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