noun Pathology.
- sleeping sickness(def 2).
noun Pathology.
- a disease of the liver that is clinically indistinguishable from hepatitis B but is caused by a retrovirus or retroviruslike agent.
- a combining form meaning “nine, ninth,” used in the formation of compound words: nonagon.
combining form
- ninenonagon
before vowels non-, word-forming element from comb. form of Latin nonus “ninth” (see nones).