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di⋅a⋅pho⋅re⋅sis

  [dahy-uh-fuh-ree-sis]
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–noun Medicine/Medical.
perspiration, esp. when artificially induced.
Origin:
1675–85; < LL < Gk: a sweating, equiv. to diaphorē- (verbid s. of diaphoreîn to carry off or through) + -sis -sis
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di·a·pho·re·sis   (dī'ə-fə-rē'sĭs, dī-āf'ə-)   
n.  Perspiration, especially when copious and medically induced.

[Late Latin diaphorēsis, from Greek, from diaphorein, to disperse : dia-, dia- + phorein, to convey, frequentative of pherein, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Main Entry: di·a·pho·re·sis
Pronunciation: "dI-&-f&-'rE-s&s, (")dI-"af-&-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural di·a·pho·re·ses /-"sEz/
: PERSPIRATION; especially : profuse perspiration artificially induced
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diaphoresis di·a·pho·re·sis (dī'ə-fə-rē'sĭs, dī-āf'ə-)
n.
Perspiration, especially when copious and medically induced.

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