Dictionary entry

Diapnoic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Di′ap‐no″ic (?), a. [Gr. � outlet for the wind, exhalation, fr. � to blow through; διά through + � to blow, breathe: cf. F. diapnoïque.] (Med.) Slightly increasing an insensible perspiration; mildly diaphoretic. — n. A gentle diaphoretic.