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Meaning of DIAPHORETIC

Pronunciation:  `dIufu'retik

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  used to produce perspiration
  2. [adj]  inducing perspiration
 
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 Synonyms: sudorific
 
 See Also: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Di`a*pho*ret"ic\, Diaphoretical
    
  2. \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.
    
 
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