|
|
Definition of Cold sweat
1. Noun. The physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill; associated with fear.
Generic synonyms: Physical Condition, Physiological Condition, Physiological State
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cold Sweat
Literary usage of Cold sweat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Materia Medica and Special Therapeutics of the New Remedies by Edwin Moses Hale (1875)
"Profuse sweat ; cold sweat. GENERALITIES. Old, putrid, spreading ulcers (Lippe.)
Itching precedes the nausea (4). Indolent ulcers, no pain, dry, ..."
2. Homœopathic therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1879)
"Sweat smells like urine ; sweat on genitals ; cold sweat, especially on hands
and feet; from every movement. Carbo veg. Copious and frequent sweat ou face ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1833)
"5 o'clock, PM Skin universally cold, and bathed in cold sweat; pulse not perceptible
at wrists, just distinguishable in carotids. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1900)
"Febrile state with comatose drowsiness, rale, cold sweat on the face and at the
extremities, face hippocratic, pulse small and evanescent. ..."
Other Resources:
