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Sleepy Sickness

Definition: Sleepy Sickness

Sleepy Sickness

Noun

1. An encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness.

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Synonyms: Sleepy Sickness

Synonyms: encephalitis lethargica (n), epidemic encephalitis (n), lethargic encephalitis (n), sleeping sickness (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Sleepy Sickness

Language Translations for "sleepy sickness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

maladie de von Economo, maladie de Cruchet, encéphalomyélite diffuse, encéphalite léthargique, encéphalite épidémique. (various references)

   

German

  

Nona (Economo disease, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis), lethargisches Syndrom (Economo disease, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis), Kopfgrippe (Economo disease, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis), europäische Schlafkrankheit (Economo disease, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis), Enzephalitis Typ A (Economo disease, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis), Encephalomyelitis subacuta Cruchet (Economo disease, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis), Encephalomyelitis subacuta (Economo disease, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis), Encephalitis lethargica Economo (Economo disease, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis), Encephalitis epidemica lethargica (Economo disease, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis), Encephalitis epidemica Chauffard (Economo disease, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis), Encephalitis epidemica (Economo disease, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis), Economo Krankheit (Economo disease, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis), A-Enzephalitis (Economo disease, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis). (various references)

   

Manx

  

chingys cadlee (lethargy). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eepyslay icknesssay

   

Vietnamese 

  

bệnh buá»"n ngá»§ (sleeping-sickness). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Sleepy Sickness

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-i-k-l-n-p-s-s-s-s-y"

-3 letters: slicknesses.

-4 letters: likenesses, sicknesses, sleepiness.

-5 letters: licensees, senseless, skepsises, sleekness, slickness, slynesses, spiceless, spineless, synesises.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Sleepy Sickness


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6C 65 65 70 79      53 69 63 6B 6E 65 73 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101100 01100101 01100101 01110000 01111001 00100000 01010011 01101001 01100011 01101011 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#108 &#101 &#101 &#112 &#121 &#32 &#83 &#105 &#99 &#107 &#110 &#101 &#115 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006C 0065 0065 0070 0079      0053 0069 0063 006B 006E 0065 0073 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53787171829125375697780718585

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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