sleepy sickness
An acute inflammation of the brain which causes drowsiness and mental diseaseAn acute inflammation of the brain which causes drowsiness and mental disease.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)An acute inflammation of the brain which causes drowsiness and mental disease.
More definitions
- an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness:sleeping sicknessepidemic encephalitislethargic encephalitisencephalitis lethargica
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable