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diaphoresis

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11
Pronunciation
/ˌdaɪ.ə.fəˈɹiː.sɪs/

Definition of diaphoresis

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The formation and excretion of sweat.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The formation and excretion of sweat.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The formation and excretion of sweat.
    “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.”

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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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