SWEATING SICKNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweating sickness mean? 

• SWEATING SICKNESS (noun)
  The noun SWEATING SICKNESS has 2 senses:

1. a disease of cattle (especially calves)
2. epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality

  Familiarity information: SWEATING SICKNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEATING SICKNESS (noun)

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)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

miliary fever; sweating sickness

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

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