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Sweating Sickness

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

polysemousMWE

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
miliary fever
plural
Sweating Sicknesses
possessive
Sweating Sickness's
pluralpossessive
Sweating Sicknesses'