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sweating sickness

/ˈswetɪŋ ˈsɪknəs/

Tradução: Doença infecciosa misteriosa e extremamente letal, caracterizada por sudorese intensa, febre e morte rápida, que surgiu em várias epidemias na Inglaterra entre 1485 e 1551 e depois desapareceu.

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/ˈswetɪŋ ˈsɪknəs/formalbritishmedicalobsoleto
  • ptDoença infecciosa misteriosa e extremamente letal, caracterizada por sudorese intensa, febre e morte rápida, que surgiu em várias epidemias na Inglaterra entre 1485 e 1551 e depois desapareceu.

A mysterious and highly fatal infectious disease that caused severe sweating, fever, and rapid death, which appeared in several epidemics in England between 1485 and 1551, and has since disappeared.

  1. Historical epidemic diseaseC2formalbritish

    A mysterious and highly fatal disease that struck England in several epidemics between 1485 and 1551, characterized by sudden onset of profuse sweating, fever, and often death within hours.

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    • The sweating sickness of 1485 caused widespread panic in London.
    • Historians still debate the exact cause of the sweating sickness.
    • Unlike the plague, the sweating sickness killed its victims within a single day.