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Nov 30, 2009
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sweat'ing sick"ness




a febrile epidemic disease that appeared in the 15th and 16th centuries: characterized by profuse sweating and frequently fatal in a few hours.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

sweat glandsweating system
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