Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diaphoretic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diaphoretic \Di`a*pho*ret"ic\, Diaphoretical
\Di`a*pho*ret"ic*al\, a. [L. diaphoreticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
diaphor['e]tique. See {Diaphoresis}.]
Having the power to increase perspiration.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diaphoretic \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
diaphoretic
adj : inducing perspiration [syn: {sudorific}]
n : used to produce perspiration
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