sleeping sickness

noun
🔊/ˈsliːpɪŋ sɪknəs/
🔊/ˈsliːpɪŋ sɪknəs/
[uncountable]
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  1. a tropical disease carried by the tsetse fly that causes a feeling of wanting to go to sleep and usually causes death非洲锥虫病;睡眠病(由采采蝇传播的热带疾病,患者嗜睡,通常导致死亡)