diaphoresis. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

diaphoresis

SYLLABICATION:	di·a·pho·re·sis
PRONUNCIATION:	d-f-rss, d-f-
NOUN:	Perspiration, especially when copious and medically induced.
ETYMOLOGY:	Late Latin diaphorsis, from Greek, from diaphorein, to disperse : dia-, dia- + phorein, to convey, frequentative of pherein, to carry; see bher-¹ in Appendix I.


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