diaphoresis
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin diaphorēsis, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰφόρησῐς (diaphórēsis, “evaporation, dissipation, perspiration”); equivalent to dia- (“through, across”) + -phoresis (“transmission”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdiaphoresis (countable and uncountable, plural diaphoreses)
- (physiology, medicine) The formation and excretion of sweat; sweating; perspiration; and (sometimes, more particularly):
- (physiology, medicine) Excessive sweating; excessive perspiration (more than would be expected in response to a given stimulus; especially when profuse as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug).
- 1865, William J. Cummins, “Remarks on Scarlatina”, in The Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science[1], volume 39, number 1, page 14:
- The train of symptoms which mark the typhoid variety of scarlatina generally begin to decline about the tenth or twelfth day, when the case often lapses into a condition similar to rheumatic fever, without its characteristic diaphoreses.
- (physiology, medicine) Excessive sweating; excessive perspiration (more than would be expected in response to a given stimulus; especially when profuse as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug).
Synonyms
edit- (both senses): hidrosis
- (excessive sweating): hyperhidrosis
- perspiration
- sudation
- sudoresis
- sweating
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “diaphoresis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “diaphoresis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek δῐᾰφόρησῐς (diaphórēsis, “evaporation, dissipation”), from δῐᾰφορέω (diaphoréō, “to dissipate by evaporation or perspiration”) + -σῐς (-sis, action noun suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.a.foˈre.sis/, [d̪iäfoˈrɛːs̬is]
Noun
editdiaphorēsis f (genitive diaphorēsis or diaphorēseōs or diaphorēsios); third declension (Late Latin)
Inflection
editThird-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | diaphorēsis | diaphorēsēs diaphorēseis |
Genitive | diaphorēsis diaphorēseōs diaphorēsios |
diaphorēsium |
Dative | diaphorēsī | diaphorēsibus |
Accusative | diaphorēsim diaphorēsin diaphorēsem1 |
diaphorēsēs diaphorēsīs |
Ablative | diaphorēsī diaphorēse1 |
diaphorēsibus |
Vocative | diaphorēsis diaphorēsi |
diaphorēsēs diaphorēseis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
edit- → English: diaphoresis
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