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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diaphoretic \Di`a*pho*ret"ic\, Diaphoretical \Di`a*pho*ret"ic*al\, a. [L. diaphoreticus Gr ?: cf F. diaphor['e]tique. See {Diaphoresis}.] Having the power to increase perspiration. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diaphoretic \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: diaphoretic adj : inducing perspiration [syn: {sudorific}] n : used to produce perspiration
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