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diaphoretic

N ภาวะ เหงื่อ ออก 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIAPHORETIC

a.[supra. ] Having the power to increase perspiration; sudorific; sweating.

 

DIAPHORETIC

n.A medicine which promotes perspiration; a sudorific. Diaphoretics differ from sudorifics; the former only increase the insensible perspiration; the latter excite the sensible discharge called sweat.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DIAPHORETIC; DIAPHORETICAL

Di `a *pho *ret "ic, Di `a *pho *ret "ic *al, a. Etym: [L. diaphoreticus, Gr. diaphorétique. See Diaphoresis. ]

 

Defn: Having the power to increase perspiration.

 

DIAPHORETIC

DIAPHORETIC Di `a *pho *ret "ic, n. (Med. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

diaphoretic

di a pho ret ic |ˌdīəfəˈretik ˌdaɪəfəˈrɛdɪk | ▶adjective Medicine (chiefly of a drug ) inducing perspiration. • (of a person ) sweating heavily. ORIGIN late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek diaphorētikos, from diaphorein ‘sweat out. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

diaphoretic

diaphoretic |ˌdʌɪəfəˈrɛtɪk | ▶adjective Medicine (chiefly of a drug ) inducing perspiration. • (of a person ) sweating heavily. ORIGIN late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek diaphorētikos, from diaphorein ‘sweat out ’.