English Explanatory Dictionary

sweating sickness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unidentified, highly virulent disease with aches and sweating, the cause of a series of epidemics in England and Europe between 1485 and 1551.

Word forms

sweating sickness

Synonyms

English sweat sudor anglicus
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