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sleeping sickness

[slee-ping sik-nis] / ˈsli pɪŋ ˌsɪk nɪs /


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It has been used to treat West African sleeping sickness, a chronic illness spread by the tsetse fly.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

You talk about the labor impact of sleeping sickness.

From Salon • May 8, 2025

With Death’s capture, millions are suddenly affected by a strange sleeping sickness: either unable to sleep or basically in a coma.

From The Verge • Aug. 5, 2022

It turns out that the variants rose to a high frequency among people in sub-Saharan Africa because they offer powerful protection against deadly African sleeping sickness, a disease caused by trypanosomes.

From New York Times • May 17, 2022

As it was, the poor animals had to be given injections to treat animal sleeping sickness every few weeks.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer



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