sweating sickness
englischer Schweiss
An unidentified, highly virulent disease with aches and sweating, the cause of a…An unidentified, highly virulent disease with aches and sweating, the cause of a series of epidemics in England and Europe between 1485 and 1551.
Meaning
1 senses(historical, uncountable)An unidentified, highly virulent disease with aches and sweating, the cause of a series of epidemics in England and Europe between 1485 and 1551.
englischer Schweiss
More definitions
- epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality
- a disease of cattle (especially calves)
Translations
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Synonyms
3 synonymsEnglish sweatsudor anglicus
Close in meaning
- epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality:miliary fever
Lessons for this word
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