| 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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