Definitions for sleeping sickness
sleep·ing sick·ness

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1. sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis, encephalitis lethargicanoun

   an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness

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1. sleeping sicknessnoun

   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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1. Sleeping Sickness

   Sleeping Sickness is the second single from City and Colours second album, Bring Me Your Love. The song features vocals from Gord Downie, the lead singer of The Tragically Hip. The single was certified Platinum in Canada on December 10, 2018. The song was used by CBC's Hockey Night In Canada during a video tribute at the end of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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1. sleeping sickness

   Sleeping sickness, also known as African trypanosomiasis, is a parasitic disease transmitted to humans through the bite of the tsetse fly, found in sub-Saharan Africa. This disease is characterized by a range of symptoms including fever, headaches, joint pains, and itching. If left untreated, it can progress to more serious symptoms such as confusion, poor coordination, numbness, and disruption to the sleep cycle, hence the name 'Sleeping Sickness'. It can eventually lead to severe neurological disorders, coma and death.

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1. • Encephalitis

How to pronounce sleeping sickness?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sleeping sickness in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sleeping sickness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of sleeping sickness in a Sentence

1. Willie Weir:

   We've discovered that the parasite causing African sleeping sickness has existed for thousands of years without having sex and is now suffering the consequences of this strategy, theoretically ... the predicted consequence of this is that it will become extinct in the long-term.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sleeping sickness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sleeping_Sickness
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Sickness
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