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Definition of Diaphoresis
1. Noun. The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid. "Perspiration is a homeostatic process"
Generic synonyms: Activity, Bodily Function, Bodily Process, Body Process
Specialized synonyms: Hyperhidrosis, Hyperidrosis, Polyhidrosis
Derivative terms: Diaphoretic, Hidrotic, Perspire, Sudate, Sweat
Definition of Diaphoresis
1. n. Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.
Definition of Diaphoresis
1. Noun. (physiology) Perspiration, especially when profuse and medically induced. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diaphoresis
1. [n -RESES]
Medical Definition of Diaphoresis
1. Perspiration, especially profuse perspiration. Synonym: sudoresis. Origin: Gr. Diaphoresis This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diaphoresis
Literary usage of Diaphoresis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1871)
"I. On the Therapeutic Value of diaphoresis. By Dr. W. LEUBE, Lecturer and First
... In this respect, diaphoresis holds the first place among the remedies ..."
2. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"diaphoresis by the subcutaneous injection of pilocarpine is so disagreeable for
the patient that it has been given up. The most usual means of producing ..."
3. Intestinal auto-intoxication by Adolphe Combe (1908)
"diaphoresis Without doubt when it is a question of acute intoxication, ...
In renal insufficiency and specially in uraemia, diaphoresis renders great ..."
4. Therapeutic Gazette (1905)
"diaphoresis IN THE TREATMENT OF EYE DISEASES.1 BY HOWARD F. HANSELL, MD,
PHILADELPHIA, Professor of Ophthalmology in the Jefferson Medical College of ..."
5. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1866)
"the heart and arterial system, and subsequently induces copious diaphoresis.
Externally, either alone or combined with equal ..."
6. Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Nursing by Achilles Edward Davis, Beaman Douglass (1905)
"... is of marked benefit. The use of tobacco and alcohol is to be stopped during
the treatment. diaphoresis. Hypodermic injections of muriate of ..."
7. Materia Medica and Special Therapeutics of the New Remedies by Edwin Moses Hale (1880)
"... evinced liy the rapid waste, emesis, diuresis, and diaphoresis. The testimony
of the eclectic and allopathic schools as to its usefulness in low forms ..."
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