diaphoretic

Example Sentences

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His skin is noticeably flushed and diaphoretic, and he appears extremely tense.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2012

To answer the questions — no significant necrosis, he was initially diaphoretic but not in the ED.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2011

It is official in the Pharmacopœia of India, the dry powdered leaf being the part employed, and its emetic, diaphoretic and expectorant properties are well known in that country.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

And there is the routine treatment by drugs, purgative, diaphoretic and diuretic as the symptoms of the case may demand.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

Uses.—The rue of the European, American and Indian pharmacopœias is emmenagogue, antispasmodic, anthelmintic, excitant, diaphoretic, antiseptic and abortive.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers