diaphoresis

[dahy-uh-fuh-ree-sis]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. perspiration, especially when artificially induced.

diaphoresis

/ ˌdaɪəfəˈriːsɪs /

noun

1. a technical name for sweating See sweat

2. perceptible and excessive sweating; sweat

Word History and Origins

Origin of diaphoresis¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of diaphoresis¹

C17: via Late Latin from Greek, from diaphorein to disperse by perspiration, from _dia- + phorein to carry, variant of pherein

Related Words

• perspiration 
• steam