"Picardy sweat" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Picardy sweat (uncountable)
  1. (pathology) A disease of 18th- and 19th-century Europe, first recorded in Picardy, France, that resulted in excessive uncontrollable sweating and in severe cases was quickly followed by death. Thought to be caused by hantavirus. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: Picardy sweating sickness Hypernyms: sweating sickness, sweat, sweats Coordinate_terms: English sweat Translations (Translations): suette des Picards (French), picard'scher Schweiß (German), picard'sches Schweissfieber (German), Frieselfieber (German)
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