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Noun: miliary fever  'mi-lee,e-ree'fee-vu(r)
  1. Epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality
    - sweating sickness

Derived forms: miliary fevers

Type of: infectious disease

Encyclopedia: Miliary fever