Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sweating_sickness

2 senses of sweating sickness

Sense 1
sweating sickness -- (a disease of cattle (especially calves))
       => animal disease -- (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

Sense 2
sweating sickness, miliary fever -- (epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality)
       => infectious disease -- (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)