sudorific
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of sudorific
1620–30; < New Latin sūdōrificus, equivalent to Latin sūdōr-, stem of sūdor sweat ( see sudoriferous) + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic
Example Sentences
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Many baths are rendered quite repulsive by what I may perhaps term the "sudorific smell" that assails the nostrils of the visitor entering the vestibule.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Robert Owen Allsop
Infusion of Digitalis repeated, and after the water was carried off, Dover's powder was tried as a sudorific.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by William Withering
It is aromatic, sudorific, and stomachic, and grows very well in this country.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Pierre Blot
The sudorific effect of the treatment by external warmth described above should be aided by employing diaphoretics.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Indians in Mexico employ it as a febrifuge and sudorific and also as a remedy for epilepsy.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by William Saunders
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