| Pronunciation: | | `dIufu'retik
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- [n] used to produce perspiration
- [adj] inducing perspiration
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DIAPHORETIC is a 11 letter word that starts with D. |
| | Synonyms: | | sudorific |
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| | See Also: | | medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Di`a*pho*ret"ic\, Diaphoretical
\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.
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