African sleeping sickness
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African sleeping sickness — n SLEEPING SICKNESS (1) * * * African trypanosomiasis … Medical dictionary
African sleeping sickness — n. SLEEPING SICKNESS (sense 1) … English World dictionary
African sleeping sickness — noun see sleeping sickness * * * Pathol. See sleeping sickness (def. 1). * * * African sleeping sickness, = sleeping sickness (def. 1). (Cf. ↑sleeping sickness) … Useful english dictionary
African sleeping sickness — noun a disease, usually marked progressively by fever, wasting, and lethargy due to infection of the central nervous system; caused by a parasitic protozoan, Trypanosoma gambiense, carried by a tsetse fly, Glossina palpalis; common in parts of… …
sleeping sickness — n 1) a serious disease that is prevalent in much of tropical Africa, is marked by fever, headache, protracted lethargy, confusion, sleep disturbances, tremors, and loss of weight, is caused by either of two trypanosomes (Trypanosoma brucei… … Medical dictionary
Sleeping sickness — MedlinePlus = 001362 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2140 MeshID = D014353 Sleeping sickness or human African trypanosomiasis is a parasitic disease of people and animals, caused by protozoa of species Trypanosoma brucei and transmitted by… … Wikipedia
sleeping sickness — Pathol. 1. Also called African sleeping sickness, African trypanosomiasis. a generally fatal disease, common in parts of Africa, characterized by fever, wasting, and progressive lethargy: caused by a parasitic protozoan, Trypanosoma gambiense or… … Universalium
sleeping sickness — noun 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,… … Wiktionary
sleeping sickness — /ˈslipɪŋ ˌsɪknəs/ (say sleeping .siknuhs) noun 1. → African sleeping sickness. 2. a form of inflammation of the brain marked by extreme weakness, drowsiness, or sleepiness, usually associated with paralysis of some cerebral nerves …
sleeping sickness — African trypanosomiasis a disease of tropical Africa caused by the presence in the blood of the parasitic protozoans Trypanosoma gambiense or T. rhodesiense. The parasites are transmitted through the bite of tsetse flies. Initial symptoms include … The new mediacal dictionary
