DIAPHORETIC


Meaning of DIAPHORETIC in English

/duy'euh feuh ret"ik/ , Med.

adj.

1. producing perspiration.

n.

2. a diaphoretic medicine.

[ 1555-65; diaphoreticus diaphoretikós promoting perspiration, equiv. to diaphore- (see DIAPHORESIS) + -tikos -TIC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .