diaphoresis
/ˌdaɪ.ə.fəˈɹiː.sɪs/noun
diaphoresis is a noun meaning “The formation and excretion of sweat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-I-A-P-H-O-R-E-S-I-S, and it appears about once in every 52 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of diaphoresis is diaphoreses.
What does diaphoresis mean?
noun
- 1
The formation and excretion of sweat.
- 2
Excessive sweating; excessive perspiration (more than would be expected in response to a given stimulus; especially when profuse as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce diaphoresis?
- /ˌdaɪ.ə.fəˈɹiː.sɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-diaphoresis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of diaphoresis
- diaphoreses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is diaphoresis?
Diaphoresis appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does diaphoresis come from?
Borrowed from Late Latin diaphorēsis, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰφόρησῐς (dĭăphórēsĭs, “evaporation, dissipation, perspiration”); by surface analysis, dia- (“through, across”) + -phoresis (“transmission”); also synchronically held to end in the suffix -esis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).