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sweating sickness

noun

1 sweating sickness

A disease of cattle (especially calves).

Dutch: gierstkoorts, zweetkoorts

2 sweating sickness

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

synonym: miliary fever.

Dutch: gierstkoorts, zweetkoorts


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