night sweats

plural noun

|Updated on: 16 May 2018

Definition of night sweats

: profuse sweating during sleep that is sometimes a symptom of febrile disease

Recent Examples of night sweats from the Web

Symptoms of the disease include fevers, night sweats, itchy skin and the appearance of lumps on the neck, underarm, or groin of patients.

— jason duaine hahn, PEOPLE.com, "Couple Allegedly Faked Son's Cancer for Money and Duped Syracuse University Football Team for Perks," 9 May 2018
Symptoms of active tuberculosis include persistent cough, fever, night sweats and unexplained weight loss, according to Dr. Wilma Wooten, a county public health officer.

— karen pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Possible TB exposure a concern at community college campuses," 9 May 2018
Terrero says Marsha was going through menopause and was having a tough time, including night sweats and mood swings.

— peter van sant, CBS News, "Was a missing Tennessee woman murdered or did she willingly disappear?," 7 Apr. 2018
Belly fat, along with hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia and irritability, is one of the many downsides of the end of a woman's menstrual cycles.

— sandee lamotte, CNN, "Hormone replacement may fight belly fat, study says," 27 Mar. 2018
Headache that never goes away. Systemic symptoms (fevers, chills, weight loss, night sweats).

— erik j. blutinger, Philly.com, "Medical mystery: A pounding headache, a big surprise," 22 Mar. 2018
In 2011, Mold published a review study that looked at all the available research on the causes and symptoms of night sweats.

— markham heid, Time, "You Asked: Why Do I Sweat When I Sleep?," 21 Mar. 2018
My date-night sweats would only work if my bodysuit were visible.

— madeline fass, Vogue, "Does Gigi Hadid’s Athleisure Work in Real Life? Here’s What Happened When One Vogue Writer Spent a Week in Sweats," 21 Mar. 2018
Weitzel did not have the typical symptoms of the disease, which include fever, night sweats and weight loss.

— sandra g. boodman, Washington Post, "Doctors told this 20-year-old his back pain wasn’t serious. Then he couldn’t walk.," 6 Mar. 2018

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