diapnoic

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breath”) +‎ -ic

Adjective

diapnoic (comparative more diapnoic, superlative most diapnoic)

(medicine, obsolete, rare) Slightly increasing perspiration; mildly diaphoretic.

Noun

diapnoic (plural diapnoics)

(medicine, obsolete) A mild diaphoretic.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “diapnoic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

caponiid, panicoid, pinacoid