sleeping sickness

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ˈsleeping ˌsickness noun [uncountable]  MIa serious tropical disease that is carried by the tsetse fly (=a type of insect). It causes extreme tiredness and fever, and makes you lose weight. 昏睡病〔由采采蝇传播的一种严重的热带疾病，会引起极度疲倦、发烧和消瘦〕

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sleeping sickness• Trypanosomes, which cause sleeping sickness, keep changing their keys by switching on one gene after another.• Eflornithine, a new drug for sleeping sickness, was discontinued because it was unprofitable.

ˈsleeping ˌsickness nounChineseSyllable  

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sleeping sickness
ˈsleeping ˌsickness noun [uncountable]
a serious tropical disease that is carried by the tsetse fly (=a type of insect). It causes extreme tiredness and fever, and makes you lose weight.

sleeping sicknessBrE /ˈsliːpɪŋ sɪknəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsliːpɪŋ sɪknəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] 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）