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睡眠病 (suiminbyou) Japanese meaning: sleeping sickness | Kotomora

睡すい眠みん病びょう

す

い

み

ん

びょ

う

Meanings

1

sleeping sickness; sleeping disease

Medical term for a disease characterized by excessive sleepiness, such as African trypanosomiasis or encephalitis lethargica.

アフリカ睡すい眠みん病びょうはツェツェバエによって媒

ばい

介かい

さ

れる

。

African sleeping sickness is transmitted by the tsetse fly.

Kanji

睡drowsy, sleep, die
眠sleep, die, sleepy
病ill, sick

Word family

アフリカ睡すい眠みん病びょう
African sleeping sickness; African trypanosomiasis

Built from

睡すい眠みん+病びょう

Etymology

Compound of 睡眠 (suimin, 'sleep') and 病 (byō, 'disease').