Noun: lethargic encephalitis lu'thaa(r)-jik en,se-fu'lI-tus
- An encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness
"The film portrayed the devastating effects of lethargic encephalitis on patients during the 1920s epidemic";
- sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness, epidemic encephalitis, encephalitis lethargica
Type of: cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis [archaic]
Encyclopedia: Lethargic encephalitis