DIAPHORETIC
\dˌa͡ɪəfɔːɹˈɛtɪk], \dˌaɪəfɔːɹˈɛtɪk], \d_ˌaɪ_ə_f_ɔː_ɹ_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of DIAPHORETIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Noah Webster.
By William R. Warner
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A medicine that increases perspiration.
By Daniel Lyons
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Same etymon. Diapnoicus, Diaphoreticus, (F.) Diaphoretique. A medicine which excites diaphoresis. Diaphoretics are very uncertain as a class. The following is a list of the most reputed:- Ammoniae Acetatis Liquor; Ammonias Carbonas; Antimonialis pulvis; Antimonii et Potasssae Tartras; Antimonii Sulphuretum praecipitatum; Asclepias tuberosa, Camphora; Contrayerva Dulcamara; Eupatorium perfoliatum; Guaiaci Lignum; Guaiacum; Ipecacuanha; Mezereum; Opium, and its active principle Morphia; Sarsaparilla; Sassafras; Serpentaria; Spiritus AEtheris Nitrici; Sulphur; Xanthoxylum; Caloric; Exercise, (active;) and Friction. The epithet Diaphoretic has also been given, by some, to continued fever, accompanied with constant perspiration.
By Robley Dunglison
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Causing perspiration.
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A sudorific medicine.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. A medicine which promotes insensible perspiration; sudorific.
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