Noun: sweating sickness
- Epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality
"Historical accounts describe the devastating effects of sweating sickness outbreaks in medieval Europe";
- miliary fever
- A disease of cattle (especially calves)
"The dairy farm implemented strict hygiene measures to prevent the spread of sweating sickness"
Type of: animal disease, infectious disease
Encyclopedia: Sweating sickness