night sweats
plural noun
: profuse sweating during sleep that is sometimes a symptom of febrile disease
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This patient had several symptoms: fatigue, shortness of breath, night sweats and malaise.
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Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
These hormonal changes often cause symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats and sleep disturbances.
—Matthew Nudy, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
In her email to the school community, Plascencia said that conditions like a persistent cough lasting three weeks or longer, coughing up blood, pain with breathing, chest pain, fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, fever, chills or night sweats are warning signs.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Julia Garner, a concerned parent, is distressed and wakes up with night sweats over the stress.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
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Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
These hormonal changes often cause symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats and sleep disturbances.
—Matthew Nudy, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
In her email to the school community, Plascencia said that conditions like a persistent cough lasting three weeks or longer, coughing up blood, pain with breathing, chest pain, fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, fever, chills or night sweats are warning signs.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Julia Garner, a concerned parent, is distressed and wakes up with night sweats over the stress.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Night sweats.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/night%20sweats. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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