NOUN | body | perspiration, sweat, sudor | salty fluid secreted by sweat glands |
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process | perspiration, sweating, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis | the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid |
Sounds | per.sperey'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | salty fluid secreted by sweat glands. | |
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Synonyms | sweat, sudor | |
Broader | secretion | A functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell |
Substances | water, H2O | binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid / liquid |
Spanish | diaforesis, perspiración, sudoración, sudoresis, sudor, transpiración, traspiración | |
Catalan | diaforesi, sudació, sudoresi, suor, transpiració | |
Verbs | perspire | excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin |
Meaning | The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid. | |
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Example | "perspiration is a homeostatic process" | |
Synonyms | sweating, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis | |
Narrower | hyperhidrosis, hyperidrosis, polyhidrosis | excessive and profuse perspiration |
Broader | bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity | An organic process that takes place in the body |
Spanish | diaforesis, hidrosis, sudación, sudoración, sudor, transpiración | |
Catalan | diaforesi, hidrosis, sudoració, suor, transpiració | |
Verbs | perspire | excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin |
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