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su⋅da⋅to⋅ry

  [soo-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] adjective, noun, plural -ries.
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or causing sweating.
2. pertaining to a sudatorium.
–noun
3. sudatorium.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L sūdātōrius inducing sweat, equiv. to sūdā(re) to sweat + -tōrius -tory 1

su⋅da⋅to⋅ri⋅um

  [soo-duh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-]
–noun, plural -to⋅ri⋅a  [-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] .
a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
Also, sudatory.

Origin:
1750–60; < L sūdātōrium, n. use of neut. of sūdātōrius sudatory; see -tory 2
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su·da·to·ri·um   (sōō'də-tôr'ē-əm, -tōr'-)   
n.   pl. su·da·to·ri·a (-tôr'ē-ə, -tōr'ē-ə)
A hot-air room used for sweat baths. Also called sudatory.

[Latin sūdātōrium, from neuter of sūdātōrius, for sweating, from sūdātus, past participle of sūdāre, to sweat; see sweid- in Indo-European roots.]
su·da·to·ry   (sōō'də-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
adj.  Sudorific.
n.   pl. su·da·to·ries

  1. See sudatorium.

  2. See sudorific.


[Latin sūdātōrium, sudatorium, and sūdātōrius, inducing sweat; see sudatorium.]
su·do·rif·ic   (sōō'də-rĭf'ĭk)   
adj.  Causing or increasing sweat.
n.  A sudorific medicine. Also called sudatory.

[New Latin sūdōrificus : Latin sūdor, sweat; see sweid- in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficus, -fic.]
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