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Definition of Perspiration
1. Noun. Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands. "Sweat poured off his brow"
Generic synonyms: Secretion
Terms within: H2o, Water
Derivative terms: Perspire, Sweat
2. 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 Perspiration
1. n. The act or process of perspiring.
Definition of Perspiration
1. Noun. the action or process of perspiring ¹
2. Noun. a saline fluid secreted by the sweat glands ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perspiration
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Perspiration
1. Sweating, the functional secretion of sweat. Origin: L. Perspirare = to breathe through This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perspiration
Literary usage of Perspiration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"The proportion of the insensible to the sensible perspiration will depend on the
rapidity of the secretion in reference to the dryness, temperature and ..."
2. On diseases of the skin by Erasmus Wilson (1852)
"The secretion of perspiration is also modified by the greater or less activity
of the other ... The arrest of perspiration again, from cutaneous disease, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1877)
"The first injection caused in both cases far more copious perspiration of the
... On the first the perspiration was much more abundant over the right side; ..."
4. A Treatise on physiology and hygiene by Joseph Chrisman Hutchison (1902)
"The Sensible and Insensible perspiration. —The pores of the skin are constantly
... This is called insensible perspiration. Under the influence of heat or ..."
5. The Metabolism and Energy Transformations of Healthy Man During Rest by Francis Gano Benedict, Thorne Martin Carpenter (1910)
"INSENSIBLE perspiration. Studies of other investigators.—Aside from the fluctuations
in body-weight which may be, as we have seen, fluctuations in large ..."
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