sudorific vs transpiration

sudorific

noun
  • A medicine that produces sweating. 

adj
  • In a state of perspiration; covered in sweat; sudoriferous, sweaty. 

  • That produces sweating. 

transpiration

noun
  • The process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes. 

  • The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots. 

  • The passage of gases through fine tubes. 

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