Picardy sweat (English, noun)
expansion: Picardy sweat (uncountable)
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topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: 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
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