miliary fever

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miliary fever

(Pathology) an acute infectious fever characterized by profuse sweating and the formation on the skin of minute fluid-filled vesicles. Nontechnical name: sweating sickness

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Noun 1. [画像:miliary fever - epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality]miliary fever - epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality

sweating sickness

infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact

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His death certificate stated "miliary fever" as the cause of death.

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