noun
Meaning 1
Perspiration; sweat (fluid).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sudation
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noun
Meaning 2
The process of perspiring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- perspiration is a homeostatic process
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: perspiration, sweating, diaphoresis, hidrosis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
Narrower terms: hyperhidrosis, hyperidrosis, polyhidrosis
History
Etymology
From Latin sūdātiō, from Latin sūdō (“to sweat”).