perspiration (noun)
51bodily process — noun an organic process that takes place in the body respiratory activity • Syn: ↑body process, ↑bodily function, ↑activity • Derivationally related forms: ↑active (for: ↑activity) …
52body process — noun an organic process that takes place in the body respiratory activity • Syn: ↑bodily process, ↑bodily function, ↑activity • Derivationally related forms: ↑active (for: ↑activity) …
53Dover's powder — noun a medicinal powder made essentially of ipecac and opium; formerly used to relieve pain and induce perspiration • Hypernyms: ↑powder …
54H2O — noun binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent • Syn: ↑water • Derivationally… …
55running suit — noun a matching jacket and pants worn by joggers and made of fabric that absorbs perspiration • Hypernyms: ↑sportswear, ↑athletic wear, ↑activewear …
56salt depletion — noun loss of salt from the body without replacement (loss by vomiting or profuse perspiration or urination or diarrhea) thus upsetting the electrolyte balance • Hypernyms: ↑depletion …
57sudoriferous gland — noun any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration • Syn: ↑sweat gland • Hypernyms: ↑exocrine gland, ↑exocrine, ↑duct gland • Hyponyms: ↑apocrine gland, ↑eccrine gland …
58Thomas Edison — noun United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847 1931) • Syn: ↑Edison, ↑Thomas Alva Edison • Instance Hypernyms: ↑inventor, ↑discoverer, ↑artificer * * * …
59heat cramps — noun plural : a condition marked by the sudden development of cramps in skeletal muscles resulting from prolonged work in high temperatures accompanied by profuse perspiration with loss of sodium chloride from the body …
60sweat bee — noun : any of numerous small short tongued bees; especially : a bee of the genus Halictus * * * any of several bees of the family Halictidae that are attracted by perspiration. [1890 95] * * * sweat bee, any small blackish bee of a family that… …
