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Sweating Sickness

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Noun

1. sweating sickness

a disease of cattle (especially calves)

2. miliary fever, sweating sickness

epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sweating Sickness

see synonyms of sweating sickness
noun
1.  the nontechnical name for miliary fever
2. 
an acute infectious febrile disease that was widespread in Europe during the late 15th century, characterized by profuse sweating
3. 
a disease of cattle, esp calves, prevalent in southern Africa. Transmitted by ticks, it is characterized by sweating, hair loss, and inflammation of the mouth and eyes

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Sweating Sickness

see synonyms of sweating sickness
an acute, infectious, rapidly fatal disease, epidemic in Europe in the 15th and 16th cent., characterized by high fever and profuse sweating

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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