Definition of Perspiratory

1. a. Of, pertaining to, or producing, perspiration; as, the perspiratory ducts.

Definition of Perspiratory

1. Adjective. (dated) Of or pertaining to perspiration. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perspiratory

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perspiratory

perspicacy
perspicience
perspicil
perspicils
perspicuities
perspicuity
perspicuous
perspicuously
perspicuousness
perspirability
perspirable
perspirate
perspiration
perspirations
perspirative
perspiratory (current term)
perspiratory glands
perspire
perspired
perspirer
perspirers
perspires
perspiring
perspiringly
perspiry
perst
perstillation
perstraction
perstractions
perstreperous

Literary usage of Perspiratory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on human physiology: Designed for the Use of Students and by John Call Dalton (1871)
"The perspiratory glands of the skin are scattered everywhere throughout the integument, being most abundant on the anterior portions of the body. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1831)
"Whether or not the perspiratory vessels were seen by Kaau and by Dr. Hunter, it must be certain that they proceed from the dermis to the epidermis: from the ..."

3. A Manual of personal hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiological Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1917)
"The glands in the skin are of two systems—the perspiratory and the ... The perspiratory glands consist of little tubes ending in coils lying deep in the ..."

4. Clinical Lectures on the Diseases of Women and Children by Gunning S. Bedford (1855)
"To give you some idea of the importance and magnitude of the perspiratory function, I might remind you that the fluid of perspiration passes through ..."

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