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diaphoresis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌdaɪ.ə.fəˈɹiː.sɪs/

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The formation and excretion of sweat.
2. (countable, qualifier:sometimes more particularly, uncountable) The formation and excretion of sweat. ▸ Excessive sweating; excessive perspiration (more than would be expected in response to a given stimulus; especially when profuse as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug).
   • 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. 1865, William J. Cummins, “Remarks on Scarlatina”, in The Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science, volume 39, number 1, page 14:

Forms

Antonyms

adiaphoresis · ischidrosis · anhidrosis · anhidrosis · adiaphoresis · hypohidrosis · ischidrosis

Deriveds

adiaphoresis · diaphoretic

Synonyms

hidrosis · sudoresis · sweating · perspiration · hidrosis · sudation · perspiration · sudoresis · sweating · hyperhidrosis · sudation