perspiration
noun
a salty, watery fluid secreted by the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
perspirations
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pluralof perspiration.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Until this period, abundant local perspirations in the day-time, less abundant, but more general ones in the night, were observable.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
Fritzing was so conscious of it that he used to break out into perspirations whenever Priscilla was with him in public, and his very perspirations were conspicuous.
From The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight by Elizabeth
The thought took hold of me, somehow, like an octopus, and I used to writhe under it, and get into fearful perspirations.
From Love's Pilgrimage by Upton Sinclair
She had that tenderness for his melancholy fate, that his great red countenance used to break out into cold perspirations when she looked at him.
From Hard Times by Charles Dickens
As the disease advances, the countenance becomes very pale, and the flesh wastes, and profuse night perspirations, great debility, swelling of the ankles, and nervousness ensue.
From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Thomas Bull
