Definition of "diaphoretic" [di•a•pho•ret•ic]

• Producing or increasing perspiration. (adjective)
• A medicine or other agent that produces perspiration. (noun)

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• "Yarrow and elderflower are known as diaphoretic herbs."
• "It is diaphoretic, that is, a valuable sweating medicine, when given in broken doses."
• "He's actually very funny, but he has a clinical bent that makes him say, "I was febrile and diaphoretic," instead of "I was hot and sweaty.""