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De - Pt| English Dictionary: diaphoretic | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Diaphoretic \Di`a*pho*ret"ic\, Diaphoretical \Di`a*pho*ret"ic*al\, a. [L. diaphoreticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. diaphor[82]tique. See {Diaphoresis}.] Having the power to increase perspiration. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Diaphoretic \Di`a*pho*ret"ic\, n. (Med.) A medicine or agent which promotes perspiration. Note: Diaphoretics differ from sudorifics; the former only increase the insensible perspiration, the latter excite the sensible discharge called sweat. --Parr. | |
