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sleeping sickness meaning in Tamil

உறக்க நோய்

/ˈsliːpɪŋ ˈsɪknɪs/

sleeping sickness in Tamil: உறக்க நோய், உறங்குநோய், தூக்க நோய், மெல்லிய. In English, sleeping sickness means especially, African sleeping sickness, an endemic infectious disease of humans and animals in tropical Africa, caused by a parasitic trypanosome.

Tamil words for sleeping sickness

உறக்க நோய், உறங்குநோய், தூக்க நோய், மெல்லிய, உறங்கும்வியாதி

English meaning of sleeping sickness

  1. noun Especially, African sleeping sickness, an endemic infectious disease of humans and animals in tropical Africa, caused by a parasitic trypanosome.
  2. noun Animal trypanosomiasis.
  3. noun Eastern equine encephalitis, caused by a zoonotic alphavirus and arbovirus present in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
  4. noun Encephalitis lethargica, a form of encephalitis, of unknown cause, that swept the world in the 1920s.

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What is the meaning of sleeping sickness in Tamil?
Sleeping sickness in Tamil is உறக்க நோய், உறங்குநோய், தூக்க நோய், மெல்லிய.
sleeping sickness என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Sleeping sickness: உறக்க நோய், உறங்குநோய், தூக்க நோய், மெல்லிய.
What does sleeping sickness mean in English?
Sleeping sickness means especially, African sleeping sickness, an endemic infectious disease of humans and animals in tropical Africa, caused by a parasitic trypanosome.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: sleeping sickness (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: sleeping sickness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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