单词 | economos-disease |
释义 | Economo's disease in British English (ɪˈkɒnəməʊz) noun pathology another name for sleeping sickness (sense 2) Word origin C20: named after K. von Economo (1876–1931), Austrian neurologistsleeping sickness in British Englishnoun 1. Also called: African sleeping sickness an African disease caused by infection with protozoans of the genus Trypanosoma, characterized by fever, wasting, and sluggishness 2. Also called (esp formerly): sleepy sickness an epidemic viral form of encephalitis characterized by extreme drowsiness Technical name: encephalitis lethargica Word lists with Human diseases |
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