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Diaphoresis

//ˌdaɪ.ə.fəˈɹiː.sɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The formation and excretion of sweat. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid wordnet
  3. 3
    The formation and excretion of sweat.; Excessive sweating; excessive perspiration (more than would be expected in response to a given stimulus; especially when profuse as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug). countable, uncountable

    "The train of symptoms which mark the typhoid variety of scarlatina generally begin to decline about the tenth or twelfth day, when the case often lapses into a condition similar to rheumatic fever, without its characteristic diaphoreses."

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin diaphorēsis, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰφόρησῐς (dĭăphórēsĭs, “evaporation, dissipation, perspiration”); by surface analysis, dia- (“through, across”) + -phoresis (“transmission”); also synchronically held to end in the suffix -esis.

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