English sweat

English

Noun

English sweat (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) 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.
    Synonyms: sudor anglicus, English sweating, English sweating sickness, the sweats, sweats
    Hypernyms: sweating sickness, sweat, sweats
    Coordinate term: Picardy sweat

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