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sleeping sickness

sleeping sickness

 
pronunciation:
sli pIng sIk nihs
part of speech: noun
definition 1: a usu. fatal infectious disease found in tropical Africa, characterized by fever, weakness, and tremors, and transmitted by tsetse flies.
definition 2: a viral disease characterized by apathy and sleepiness.