sleeping sickness
noun/ˈsliːpɪŋ sɪknəs/
/ˈsliːpɪŋ sɪknəs/
[uncountable]- a tropical disease carried by the tsetse fly that causes a feeling of wanting to go to sleep and usually causes death
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