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Meaning of diaphoresis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌdaɪ.ə.fəˈɹiː.sɪs

Definitions

  1. The formation and excretion of sweat.
  2. Excessive sweating; excessive perspiration (more than would be expected in response to a given stimulus; especially when profuse as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug).

Equivalents

Suomi hieneritys
Latina diaphoresis

Examples

“The train of symptoms which mark the typhoid variety of scarlatina generally begin to decline about the tenth or twelfth day, when the case often lapses into a condition similar to rheumatic fever, without its characteristic diaphoreses.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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