See Also: chronic African sleeping sickness(medicine)
African sleeping sickness(health)
african sleeping sickness(medicine)
West African sleeping sickness(medicine)
East African sleeping sickness(medicine)
acute African sleeping sickness(medicine)
sleeping sickness(encyclopedia)
sleeping sickness(medicine)
sleeping sickness(dictionary)
african horse sickness(medicine)

lenticonus (medicine) and chronic African sleeping sickness (medicine)


lenticonus (medicine)


lenticonus


Conical projection of the anterior or posterior surface of the lens of the eye, occurring as a developmental anomaly.

Origin: Lens + L. Conus, cone


chronic African sleeping sickness (medicine)


chronic African sleeping sickness -->
Gambian trypanosomiasis


A chronic disease of humans caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in northern and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal east to Sudan and Uganda; characterised by splenomegaly, drowsiness, an uncontrollable urge to sleep, and the development of psychotic changes; basal ganglia and cerebellar involvement commonly lead to chorea and athetosis; the terminal phase of the disease is characterised by wasting, anorexia, and emaciation that gradually leads to coma and death, usually from intercurrent infection.

Synonym: chronic African sleeping sickness, chronic trypanosomiasis, West African sleeping sickness, West African trypanosomiasis.