lethargic encephalitis

Noun

1.

lethargic encephalitis - an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness Synonyms: encephalitis lethargica, epidemic encephalitis, sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness

cephalitis, encephalitis, encephalitis lethargica, epidemic encephalitis, phrenitis, sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness