Meaning Of The Word Sweating sickness

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Sweating sickness Meaning

Sweating sickness Definition
Sweating sickness Definition

What's The Definition Of Sweating sickness?

sweating sickness in American English
a febrile epidemic disease that appeared in the 15th and 16th centuries: characterized by profuse sweating and frequently fatal in a few hours
an acute, infectious, rapidly fatal disease, epidemic in Europe in the 15th and 16th cent., characterized by high fever and profuse sweating

sweating sickness in British English
noun

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