adjective
- relating to or causing profuse sweating
Usage: medical/clinical term
noun
- a substance or drug that promotes or induces sweating
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical term
Examples
- The patient experienced diaphoretic symptoms during the fever.
- Aspirin can have a diaphoretic effect in some individuals.
- The doctor prescribed a diaphoretic to help reduce the patient's high fever.
- Diaphoretic drugs were historically used to treat various illnesses.
- She noticed diaphoretic episodes occurring at night.
- The medication's diaphoretic properties made it useful for treating certain conditions.