perspiration
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3.0
- noun
- /ˌpɜrspəˈreɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
sudoración
- After jogging in the heat, I felt the beads of perspiration forming on my forehead.
If you know how to heal the emotion, the neuropeptides metabolize out of your body through perspiration, urination, through the breath.
- If you know how to heal the emotion, the neuropeptides metabolize out of your body through perspiration, urination, through the breath.
Examples
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Perspiration levels indicate stress, and that's kind of high.
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Pausing, she hunched a shoulder and wiped the perspiration from her mouth on the sleeve of her dress.
Fiction book (1994) -
My face is wet: tears and perspiration.
Fiction book (1996) -
Your heartbeat, blood pressure and perspiration have increased substantially.
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His perspiration dried, and the chilly air in the room made him shiver.
Fiction book (1998) -
"I'm not going to be able to do this," Woo said, his forehead beading with perspiration.
Fiction book (1994) -
Perspiration sprang out on her palms at the thought of following him through the treetops.
Fiction book (1992) -
Clive notes the beads of perspiration on her upper lip, the damp dark circles under the arms of her T-shirt.
Fiction book (1994) -
Esther fished around in her purse until she found a tissue, then wiped the perspiration from her brow.
Fiction book (1994) -
His face, like mine, shone with perspiration—his from intense dancing in the sun, mine from apprehension.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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1.1
Your skin makes a salty liquid to cool your body
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9.9
The glands in the skin make sweat that comes to the surface
The skin making sweat to cool the body
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Perspiration comes from the Latin parts per- 'through' and spirare 'to breathe', so imagine the body 'breathing through' the skin to get rid of heat. You can also see the same root in respire and inspire, which are about breathing. So perspiration as a process means the body giving off moisture to cool itself.