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diaphoresis

American  
[dahy-uh-fuh-ree-sis] / ˌdaɪ ə fəˈri sɪs /

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. perspiration, especially when artificially induced.


diaphoresis British  
/ ˌdaɪəfəˈriːsɪs /

noun

  1. a technical name for sweating See sweat

  2. perceptible and excessive sweating; sweat

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Etymology

Origin of diaphoresis

1675–85; < Late Latin < Greek: a sweating, equivalent to diaphorē- (verbid stem of diaphoreîn to carry off or through) + -sis -sis


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Early diaphoresis often brings about a rapid and lasting amelioration of the symptoms.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The mother stated that the child had taken only two doses, or one-sixteenth of a grain, of pilocarpine when the diuretic effect was apparent and free diaphoresis also occurred.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Used as a vapor-bath it produces abundant diaphoresis, and the infusion given internally has a like effect.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

He encouraged diaphoresis nearly always, and gave wine and stimulating drugs only when the patient was very weak.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh

It is not necessary for me to point out the value of free purgation and diaphoresis in this respect.

From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Willis O. Nance

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