Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In medicine, producing a very slight, insensible perspiration; gently diaphoretic.
- noun A remedial agent which produces a very slight, insensible perspiration; a mild diaphoretic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Slightly increasing an insensible perspiration; mildly diaphoretic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective medicine, obsolete, rare Slightly increasing
perspiration ; mildlydiaphoretic .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek dia- + πνοή ("breath") + -ic
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