Sweating Sickness Definition

noun
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
Synonyms:
  • miliary fever

Sweating Sickness Sentence Examples

  • Colet died of the sweating sickness on the 16th of September 1519.

  • Influenza was common, referred to as the ' sweating sickness ' .

  • Influenza was common, referred to as the ' sweating sickness '.

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