"sleeping sickness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sleeping sicknesses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} sleeping sickness (usually uncountable, plural sleeping sicknesses)
  1. (pathology) 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, transmitted by the tsetse fly and characterized by fever, severe headache, joint pains and lymph node swelling in the early stages, followed by a neurological phase of extreme weakness, sleepiness, and deep coma leading to death.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Pathology, Insect-borne diseases, Trypanosomal diseases Synonyms (African sleeping sickness): African trypanosomiasis, negro lethargy [archaic], sleepy distemper [archaic] Translations (infectious disease): 昏睡病 (hūnshuìbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), slaapziekte [feminine] (Dutch), dormomalsano (Esperanto), unitauti (Finnish), maladie du sommeil [feminine] (French), Schlafkrankheit [feminine] (German), álomkór (Hungarian), śpiączka afrykańska [feminine] (Polish), doença do sono [feminine] (Portuguese), boala somnului [feminine] (Romanian), со́нная боле́знь (sónnaja boléznʹ) [feminine] (Russian), enfermedad del sueño [feminine] (Spanish), malale (Swahili), со́нна хворо́ба (sónna xvoróba) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sleeping_sickness-en-noun-nlxcJbgF Disambiguation of Insect-borne diseases: 28 21 30 21 Disambiguation of Trypanosomal diseases: 29 21 30 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 18 29 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 23 29 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 19 31 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 19 32 27 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'African sleeping sickness': 52 20 14 14 Disambiguation of 'infectious disease': 70 8 14 9
  2. (pathology) Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom:
    Also, animal trypanosomiasis, also known as nagana or animal African trypanosomiasis.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Pathology, Insect-borne diseases, Trypanosomal diseases
    Sense id: en-sleeping_sickness-en-noun-EtNHhgN7 Disambiguation of Insect-borne diseases: 28 21 30 21 Disambiguation of Trypanosomal diseases: 29 21 30 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 18 29 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 23 29 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 19 31 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 19 32 27 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  3. (pathology) 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.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Pathology, Insect-borne diseases, Trypanosomal diseases
    Sense id: en-sleeping_sickness-en-noun-KMQWHSHq Disambiguation of Insect-borne diseases: 28 21 30 21 Disambiguation of Trypanosomal diseases: 29 21 30 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 18 29 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 23 29 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 19 31 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 19 32 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 22 33 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 22 21 35 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 22 34 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 23 33 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 21 32 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 21 35 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 22 34 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 20 32 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 21 34 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 21 34 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 21 34 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 22 34 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 22 21 34 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 22 21 35 22 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  4. (pathology) 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.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Pathology, Insect-borne diseases, Trypanosomal diseases
    Sense id: en-sleeping_sickness-en-noun-W105Y61x Disambiguation of Insect-borne diseases: 28 21 30 21 Disambiguation of Trypanosomal diseases: 29 21 30 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 18 29 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 23 29 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 19 31 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 19 32 27 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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    "en:Insect-borne diseases",
    "en:Trypanosomal diseases"
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      "form": "sleeping sicknesses",
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        "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, transmitted by the tsetse fly and characterized by fever, severe headache, joint pains and lymph node swelling in the early stages, followed by a neurological phase of extreme weakness, sleepiness, and deep coma leading to death."
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        "(pathology) Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom:",
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        "Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom:",
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        "(pathology) Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom:",
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        "Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom:",
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      "word": "African trypanosomiasis"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "negro lethargy"
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      "word": "sleepy distemper"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hūnshuìbìng",
      "sense": "infectious disease",
      "word": "昏睡病"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "infectious disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "slaapziekte"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "infectious disease",
      "word": "dormomalsano"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "infectious disease",
      "word": "unitauti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "infectious disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maladie du sommeil"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "infectious disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlafkrankheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "infectious disease",
      "word": "álomkór"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "infectious disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "śpiączka afrykańska"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "infectious disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doença do sono"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "infectious disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "boala somnului"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sónnaja boléznʹ",
      "sense": "infectious disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "со́нная боле́знь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "infectious disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "enfermedad del sueño"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "infectious disease",
      "word": "malale"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sónna xvoróba",
      "sense": "infectious disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "со́нна хворо́ба"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "sleeping sickness"
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  "word": "sleeping sickness"
}

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