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Sweating Sickness

nounid 142876·updated May 18, 2026
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epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality

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Variants

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

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality
§2
a disease of cattle (especially calves)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality
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