Meaning of PERSPIRATION
| Pronunciation: | | `purspi'reyshun
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- [n] salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; "sweat poured off his brow"
- [n] the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process"
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| | Synonyms: | | diaphoresis, hidrosis, sudation, sudor, sweat, sweating |
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| | See Also: | | activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process, H2O, hyperhidrosis, hyperidrosis, polyhidrosis, secretion, water | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Per`spi*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. perspiration.]
1. The act or process of perspiring.
2. That which is excreted through the skin; sweat.
Note: A man of average weight throws off through the skin
during 24 hours about 18 ounces of water, 300 grains of
solid matter, and 400 grains of carbonic acid gas.
Ordinarily, this constant exhalation is not apparent,
and the excretion is then termed insensible
perspiration.
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| | Definition: | | Sweat, the salty fluid excreted from the sweat glands of the skin. |
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| | Related Terms: | | beaded brow, beads of sweat, BO, body odor, cold sweat, dampness, diaphoresis, exudate, exudation, honest sweat, lather, perspiration odor, streams of sweat, sudor, sudoresis, sweat, sweating, swelter, water, wetness |
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