Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to perspiration; causing or attending perspiration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or producing, perspiration.
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- adjective dated Of or pertaining to
perspiration .
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Examples
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He, found, by cutting off branches of trees with apples on them and taking off the leaves, that an apple exhaled about as much as two leaves the surfaces of which were nearly equal to the apple; whence it would appear that apples have as good a claim to be termed perspiratory organs as leaves.
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He found by cutting off branches of trees with apples on them, and taking off the leaves, that an apple exhaled about as much as two leaves, the surfaces of which were nearly equal to the apple; whence it would appear that apples have as good a claim to be termed perspiratory organs as leaves.
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766
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No, it's not the frustrating obstacle course of shoe removal, sweeps and patdowns, oppressive crowds, interminable queues, perspiratory delays and airplane food (or lack of it) that makes every trip a challenge.
Yolanda Reid Chassiakos: Fear of Flying: Ruminating on Air Travel 2010
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They exit through the kidney, liver, stomach, gut membrane, perspiratory glands and salivary glands, infecting the organs as they do so.
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The pores or outlets which open on the skin, however, are a good deal larger than the similar orifices of the perspiratory tubes, but they are not distributed so equally throughout the body.
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A variety of structures, including blood and lymph vessels, oil and perspiratory glands, hair follicles, and nerves, are found embedded in the connective tissue (Fig. 122).
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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Urea Solid By the Dissolved in Removed by oxidation in the plasma. the the liver of uriniferous nitrogenous tubules of compounds. the kidneys and to a small extent by the perspiratory glands.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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While the secretion from a single gland is small, the waste that leaves the body through all of the perspiratory glands is considerable (90) (page 206).
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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What would be the length of the perspiratory tubes in a single square inch of the palm, if placed end to end?
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele
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When the system becomes too warm, the blood vessels on the surface expand, the blood fills them, the fluid exudes into the perspiratory glands, pours out upon the exterior, and by evaporation cools the body.
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele
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