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DIAPHORESIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does diaphoresis mean?

• DIAPHORESIS (noun)
The noun DIAPHORESIS has 1 sense:

1. the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

Familiarity information: DIAPHORESIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DIAPHORESIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

diaphoresis; hidrosis; sudation; sweating; perspiration

Context example:

perspiration is a homeostatic process

Hypernyms ("diaphoresis" is a kind of...):

activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diaphoresis"):

hyperhidrosis; hyperidrosis; polyhidrosis (excessive and profuse perspiration)

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