sleeping sickness

[slee-ping sik-nis] / ˈsli pɪŋ ˌsɪk nɪs /

NOUN

type of encephalitis

Synonyms

WEAK

catalepsy encephalitis encephalitis lethargica narcolepsy trypanosomiasis

Example Sentences

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It's also known as "triple E" or sleeping sickness and gets part of its name from the fact that it infects horses as well as humans.

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2024

In 2017, Naviaux and his team completed early clinical testing for suramin, the only drug approved in humans that can target ATP signaling and which is normally used to treat African sleeping sickness.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2024

With herds diminished, thornbush shrubs flourished, providing a perfect home for the tsetse flies that carried sleeping sickness.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

With Death’s capture, millions are suddenly affected by a strange sleeping sickness: either unable to sleep or basically in a coma.

From The Verge • Aug. 5, 2022

"What if I worked on her organs? Made them youthful again. Perhaps there's some failing within her body that keeps Charlotte in this sleeping sickness."

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton