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Noun: lethargic encephalitis  lu'thaa(r)-jik en,se-fu'lI-tus
  1. An encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness
    - sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness, epidemic encephalitis, encephalitis lethargica

Type of: cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Lethargic encephalitis

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