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Sudorific

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Causing or increasing sweat.

n. A sudorific medicine. Also called sudatory.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. That produces sweat

n. Any medicine that produces sweating

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Causing sweat.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Causing, inducing, or promoting sweat; sudatory; diaphoretic.

n. Something which promotes sweating; a diaphoretic.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a medicine that causes or increases sweating

adj. inducing perspiration

Word Usage

"He prescribed me the usual sudorific, ordered a mustard-plaster to be put on, very deftly slid a five-rouble note up his sleeve, coughing drily and looking away as he did so, and then was getting up to go home, but somehow fell into talk and remained."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

medication medicinal drug medicament medicine

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

sudoriferous sudoriparous hidrotic diaphoretic sudatory sweater

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

diaphoretic carminative antiscorbutic lachrymal basilic deobstruent thiazide hemostatic alterative detoxicant