English Explanatory Dictionary

English sweat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A disease that had outbreaks in 16th-century Tudor England, and latterly into Europe, that had the characteristic of uncontrollable continuous extreme sweating, leading to death within hours, and now thought to be caused by hantavirus.

Word forms

English sweat

Synonyms

sudor anglicus English sweating English sweating sickness the sweats sweats
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