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SWEATING SICKNESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality

Synonyms:

miliary fever; sweating sickness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sweating sickness" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A disease of cattle (especially calves)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sweating sickness" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

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