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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid;
- Example: "perspiration is a homeostatic process"
[syn: perspiration, sweating, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Diaphoresis \Di`a*pho*re"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to carry
   through, to throw off by perspiration; dia` through + ? to
   carry.] (Med.)
   Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration. Diaphoretic


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

diaphoresis
    n 1: the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a
         salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process" [syn:
         perspiration, sweating, diaphoresis, sudation,
         hidrosis]