WordNet
lethargic encephalitis
n. an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness [syn: sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness, epidemic encephalitis, encephalitis lethargica]
Usage examples of "lethargic encephalitis".
I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request.