Di′a‐pho‐ret″ic, n.(Med.) A medicine or agent which promotes perspiration.
☞ Diaphoretics differ from sudorifics; the former only increase the insensible perspiration, the latter excite the sensible discharge called sweat. Parr.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.