Epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Sweating sickness, also known as the sweats, English sweating sickness, English sweat or sudor anglicus in Latin, was a mysterious and contagious disease that struck England and later continental Europe in a series of epidemics beginning in 1485. Wikipedia

A mysterious disease which struck between 1485 and 1551 Wikipedia Disambiguation

Contagious disease of humans that struck England and Europe between 1485 and 1551 Wikidata

An unidentified, highly virulent disease with aches and sweating, the cause of a series of epidemics in England and Europe between 1485 and 1551. Wiktionary