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   diaphoresis

   /ˌdʌɪəfəˈriːsɪs/

   noun

   • 1. sweating, especially to an unusual degree as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug. technical

   Word Origin late 17th century: via late Latin from Greek, from diaphorein ‘carry off, sweat out’, from dia ‘through’ + phorein ‘carry’.

   Scrabble Points: 17

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