diaphoresis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
    perspiration; sweating; hidrosis; sudation.
    • perspiration is a homeostatic process

WordNet

Di`a*pho*re"sis noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. , fr. to carry through, to throw off by perspiration; through + to carry.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.

Webster 1913