sudorific
[soo-duh-rif-ik]
- causing sweat; diaphoretic.
- sudoriparous.
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- a sudorific agent.
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Origin of sudorific
1620–30; < New Latin sūdōrificus, equivalent to Latin sūdōr-, stem of sūdor sweat (see sudoriferous) + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic
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The leaves are used in bronchial troubles and the seeds are sudorific.
The Medicinal Plants of the PhilippinesT. H. Pardo de Tavera
We must regard it rather as a sudorific for feverish blood and brains.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond, CompleteGeorge Meredith
As a medicine it is stimulant, diuretic, sudorific, and vermifuge.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
An emetic and a sudorific considerably relieved them by the morning, but a pig which ate the fish died.
Captain CookW.H.G. Kingston
The bark is employed in infusion as a sudorific and in cutaneous diseases, and its fibrous tissue is manufactured into cordage.
sudorific
- producing or causing sweating; sudatory
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- a sudorific agent
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Word Origin
C17: from New Latin sūdōrificus, from sudor + Latin facere to make
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sudorific
(sōō′də-rĭf′ĭk)- Causing or increasing sweat.
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