Associations to the word «Diaphoresis»

Wiktionary

DIAPHORESIS, noun. (physiology) Perspiration, especially when profuse and medically induced.

Dictionary definition

DIAPHORESIS, noun. The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke