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encephalitis lethargica

British  
/ lɪˈθɑːdʒɪkə /

noun

  1. pathol a technical name for sleeping sickness

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On its surface, it was the story of patients who suffered from a sleeping sickness known as encephalitis lethargica.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2015

After attending medical school and practicing in Britain, he moved to the United States in the early 1960s where he studied a group of people who contracted encephalitis lethargica.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2015

The film took what could have been a creepy Beauty and the Beast type premise and crafted a thoughtful and moving film that turned zombies into a heartbreaking metaphor for encephalitis lethargica.

From Forbes • Jun. 3, 2015

In 1918, Audrey Death, a munitions worker at Woolwich Arsenal, is sectioned to Friern hospital in north London after falling victim to encephalitis lethargica.

From Economist • Sep. 6, 2012

The same phenomenon of "rousing," larval in Knauer's cases, is often well marked in encephalitis lethargica and is, of course, a pathognomonic symptom of delirium.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)