diaphoresis

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Used as a vapor-bath it produces abundant diaphoresis, and the infusion given internally has a like effect.

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  1. noun Perspiration, especially when copious and medically induced.

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  • Clinical manifestations of NMS are hyperpyrexia, muscle rigidity, altered mental status, and evidence of autonomic instability (irregular pulse or blood pressure, tachycardia, diaphoresis, and cardiac dysrhythmia). —  StreetInsider.com News Articles
  • Clinical characteristics include confusion; delusions; vivid hallucinations; tremor; agitation; insomnia; and signs of autonomic hyperactivity (e.g., elevated blood pressure and heart rate, dilated pupils, and diaphoresis). —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • An 18-month-old girl with diaphoresis and agitation and a history of viral cardiomyopathy is presented to the pediatrician. —  Medscape Medical News Headlines
  • Used as a vapor-bath it produces abundant diaphoresis, and the infusion given internally has a like effect. —  The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
  • The cure may have been effected by the scarification only, but the Portuguese have the strongest faith in the virtues of the root, and always keep some of it within reach There are also other plants which the natives use in the treatment of fever, and some of them produce 'diaphoresis' in a short space of time. —  Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
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  1. Late Latin diaphorēsis, from Greek, from diaphorein, to disperse : dia-, dia- + phorein, to convey, frequentative of pherein, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Late Latin, perspiration, from Greek διαφόρησις, a carrying off, perspiration, from διαφορεῖν, spread abroad, carry off, throw off by perspiration, from διά, through, + φορεῖν, carry, freq. of φέρειν = English bear.
 

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