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💧 Causing sweating 💧 Sweat-inducing drug
diaphoretic

diaphoretic

2 9.9
Causing a person to sweat, often to help reduce a fever
  • adjective
  • /ˌdaɪəfəˈrɛtɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : diaforético
  • "Anodyne, diuretic, and diaphoretic."

Examples

  • A diaphoretic tea can help relieve symptoms of the common cold by promoting sweating.

  • " Antispasmodic, calmative, diaphoretic, diuretic, narcotic.

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  • The doctor prescribed a diaphoretic remedy to help him sweat out the toxins.

  • After taking the diaphoretic drug, she began to perspire heavily during the treatment.

Synonyms

sudorific
vsdiaphoretic
  • Specialized
1 9.9

That makes you sweat

uses drug as the paired term instead of medicine

Surface Forms

diaphoretic positive

Morphology

diaphoretic = diaphoresis (opaque) = dia + phoret + ic

Formed from Greek combining elements (dia- + phor-) and specialized medical terminology, so the relation to everyday words is not obvious to a B1 learner.

Etymology

The word diaphoretic comes from Greek parts dia- 'through' and pherein 'to carry', and the pherein part is like the 'carry' idea you see in metaphor. So a diaphoretic helps 'carry' fluid to the skin and makes you sweat.