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diaphoresis

diap·ho·re·sis

UK/ˌdaɪ.ə.fəˈɹiː.sɪs/ uncommon

noun

1.

the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

  • “perspiration is a homeostatic process”
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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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