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perspiratory, a.|pəˈspaɪərətərɪ|
[f. L. perspīrāt- (see prec.) + -ory2.]
1. Subservient to, leading to, or producing perspiration.
1725Cheyne Health & Long Life 15 Besides the Air that gets through the perspiratory Ducts into the Blood, when⁓ever we Eat, Drink, or Breath, we are taking into our Bodies such Air as is about us. 1732J. B. tr. Belloste's Hosp. Surg. ii, Eliminate them out of the body by the perspiratory passages. 1748Phil. Trans. XLV. 294 Deposited..in the very perspiratory pores of its bark. 1791E. Darwin Bot. Gard. i. Notes 101 Concerning the use of the leaves of plants. Some have contended that they are perspiratory organs. c1865J. Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 428/2 Substances, which..will close the perspiratory pores. 1900Pilot 17 Nov. 632/2 The temperature was distinctly perspiratory.
2. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of perspiration.
1805W. Saunders Min. Waters 501 This is fulfilled..by establishing the perspiratory excretion in the fullest manner. 1874Blackie Self-Cult. 51 To stimulate the natural perspiratory action of the skin. |