perspiration (noun)
31bodily function — noun an organic process that takes place in the body (Freq. 1) respiratory activity • Syn: ↑bodily process, ↑body process, ↑activity • Derivationally related forms: ↑active (fo …
32antiperspirant — noun Date: 1943 a preparation used to reduce perspiration …
33butyric acid — noun Date: 1826 either of two isomeric fatty acids C4H8O2; especially the straight chain acid of unpleasant odor normally found in perspiration and rancid butter …
34cold sweat — noun Date: 1582 concurrent perspiration and chill usually associated with fear, pain, or shock …
35dress shield — noun Date: 1863 a pad worn inside a part of the clothing liable to be soiled by perspiration (as at the underarm) …
36heat cramps — noun plural Date: 1938 a condition that is marked by sudden development of cramps in skeletal muscles and that results from prolonged work or exercise in high temperatures accompanied by profuse perspiration with loss of sodium chloride from the… …
37hyperhidrosis — noun Etymology: New Latin hidrosis perspiration, from Greek hidrōsis, from hidroun to sweat, from hidrōs sweat more at sweat Date: circa 1860 generalized or local excessive sweating …
38suint — noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from suer to sweat, from Latin sudare more at sweat Date: 1791 dried perspiration of sheep deposited in the wool and rich in potassium salts …
39sweat bee — noun Date: 1894 any of various small black or brownish bees (family Halictidae) that are attracted to perspiration …
40sweat gland — noun Date: 1845 a simple tubular gland of the skin that excretes perspiration, is widely distributed in nearly all parts of the human skin, and consists typically of an epithelial tube extending spirally from a minute pore on the surface of the… …
