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Meaning of diaphoresis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/ˌdaɪ.ə.fəˈɹiː.sɪs/

Definitions

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

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

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