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perspiratory

perspiratory adjective: of or pertaining to perspiration.

Adjective

perspiratory (comparative more perspiratory, superlative most perspiratory)

  1. (dated) Of or pertaining to perspiration.
    • The perspiratory glands of the skin are scattered everywhere throughout the integument, being most abundant on the anterior portions of the body.1859, John Call Dalton, A Treatise on Human Physiology
    • The true skin is highly sensitive, being supplied with countless nerve-fibres and endings. It is also highly vascular, being supplied by those innumerable tiny blood-vessels called capillaries, though they are far finer than any hair, of which I spoke just now. It contains the perspiratory or...1885, Ada Sarah Ballin, The Science of Dress in Theory and Practice

Forms of perspiratory

comparativemore perspiratory
superlativemost perspiratory

Origin of perspiratory

From perspirate + -ory.

Words that rhyme with perspiratory

Questions about perspiratory

What does perspiratory mean?
Perspiratory means of or pertaining to perspiration.
What part of speech is perspiratory?
Perspiratory is an adjective.

Words near perspiratory in the dictionary

  1. perspirates
  2. perspirating
  3. perspiration
  4. perspirations
  5. perspirative
  6. perspiratory
  7. perspire
  8. perspired
  9. perspirer
  10. perspirers
  11. perspires

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