diaphoresis

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The formation and excretion of sweat.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The formation and excretion of sweat.

Opposite of
adiaphoresis, anhidrosis, ischidrosis, hypohidrosis
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌdaɪ.ə.fəˈɹiː.sɪs/
Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin diaphorēsis, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰφόρησῐς (dĭăphórēsĭs, “evaporation, dissipation, perspiration”); by surface analysis, dia- (“through, across”) + -phoresis (“transmission”); also synchronically held to end in the suffix -esis.

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