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Definition of sleeping sickness in English: sleeping sicknessnoun mass noun1A tropical disease caused by parasitic protozoans (trypanosomes) that are transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly. It causes fever, chills, pain in the limbs, and anaemia, and eventually affects the nervous system causing extreme lethargy and death. Also called trypanosomiasis Example sentencesExamples - The tsetse fly transmits sleeping sickness, midges transmit lumpy skin disease and three-day stiff sickness.
- Understanding trypanosomes at the molecular level is key to fighting African sleeping sickness and diseases caused by similar parasites.
- The medical aid agency specifically asked them for the overall resources devoted to malaria, tuberculosis, sleeping sickness, Chagas' disease, and leishmaniasis.
- Only about 1% of newly developed drugs are for tropical diseases, such as African sleeping sickness and dengue fever.
- Transmitted by tsetse flies, in which the trypanosomes of African sleeping sickness develop, they enter their human host by the bite of the fly.
2US another term for encephalitis lethargica Example sentencesExamples - This mysterious illness, also known as sleeping sickness, can lead to a prolonged state of unconsciousness.
- The sleeping sickness, encephalitis lethargica, spread around the globe, and its complications attracted the interest of neurologists.
Definition of sleeping sickness in US English: sleeping sicknessnounslipɪŋ ˈsɪknɪsslēpiNG ˈsiknis 1A tropical disease caused by parasitic protozoans (trypanosomes) that are transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly. It causes fever, chills, pain in the limbs, and anemia, and eventually affects the nervous system causing extreme lethargy and death. Also called trypanosomiasis Example sentencesExamples - The tsetse fly transmits sleeping sickness, midges transmit lumpy skin disease and three-day stiff sickness.
- Only about 1% of newly developed drugs are for tropical diseases, such as African sleeping sickness and dengue fever.
- Transmitted by tsetse flies, in which the trypanosomes of African sleeping sickness develop, they enter their human host by the bite of the fly.
- The medical aid agency specifically asked them for the overall resources devoted to malaria, tuberculosis, sleeping sickness, Chagas' disease, and leishmaniasis.
- Understanding trypanosomes at the molecular level is key to fighting African sleeping sickness and diseases caused by similar parasites.
2US another term for encephalitis lethargica Example sentencesExamples - This mysterious illness, also known as sleeping sickness, can lead to a prolonged state of unconsciousness.
- The sleeping sickness, encephalitis lethargica, spread around the globe, and its complications attracted the interest of neurologists.
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