Look up: perspiration


  1. perspiration
    [n] - the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid 2. [n] - salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=perspiration

  2. Perspiration
    Perspiration: 1) The secretion of fluid by the sweat (sudoriferous) glands. These small, tubular glands are situated within the skin, as well as in the subcutaneous tissue under it. They discharge their fluid through tiny openings in the surface of the skin. Perspiration serves at least two purposes...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=9300

  3. Perspiration
    Per`spi·ra'tion noun [ Confer French perspiration .] 1. The act or process of perspiring. 2. That which is excreted through the skin; sweat. » A man of average weight throws off through the skin during 24 hours about 18 oun...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/62

  4. perspiration
    Sweating, the functional secretion of sweat. ... Origin: L. Perspirare = to breathe through ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?perspiration

  5. perspiration
    sweat noun salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; `sweat poured off his brow`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=perspiration

  6. perspiration
    sweating noun the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; `perspiration is a homeostatic process`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=perspiration

  7. perspiration
    (pur″spĭ-ra´shәn) sweating. sweat.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  8. Perspiration
    • (n.) The act or process of perspiring. • (n.) That which is excreted through the skin; sweat.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/perspiration/



  1. perspiration
    in most mammals, water given off by the intact skin, either as vapour by simple evaporation from the epidermis (insensible perspiration) or as sweat, ... [3 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/48

  2. perspiration
    (L. perspirare to breathe through) sweating; the functional secretion of sweat.
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio66.html

  3. Perspiration
    Perspiration (sweating, transpiration, or diaphoresis) is the production of a fluid consisting primarily of water as well as various dissolved solids (chiefly chlorides), that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals. Sweat contains the chemicals or odorants 2-methylphenol (o-cresol) ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspiration

  4. perspiration
    1. salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
    2. the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

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  5. perspiration
    perspiration: see sweat.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0917374.html

  6. perspiration
    Type: Term Pronunciation: pers′pi-rā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The excretion of fluid by the sweat glands of the skin. 2. All fluid loss through normal skin, whether by sweat gland secretion or by diffusion through other skin structures. 3. The hypotonic fluid excreted by the sweat ...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=67455

  7. perspiration
    Excretion of water and dissolved substances from the sweat glands of the skin of mammals. Perspiration has two main functions: body cooling by the evaporation of water from the skin surface, and excretion of waste products such as salts. In 2001, German researchers discovered an antibiotic protein, ...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0006859.html

  8. perspiration
    1) Secretion 2) Sudor 3) Sweat
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/perspiration/1

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