diaphoresis
Americannoun
noun
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a technical name for sweating See sweat
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perceptible and excessive sweating; sweat
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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Example Sentences
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This patient gradually and fully recovered, with no treatment except the use of an oil-silk jacket over the kidneys and abdomen to promote diaphoresis, and the use of iron.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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 Walsh, James Joseph
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 Nance, Willis O.
There is in use in this city, in the treatment of these and similar cases requiring diaphoresis, a convenient apparatus for generating steam.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Free diaphoresis resulted from the pilocarpine, and the quantity of urine was increased.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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