perspiration

n.

1. The fluid, consisting of water with small amounts of urea and salts, that is excreted through the pores of the skin by the sweat glands; sweat.
2. The act or process of perspiring.

perspiratory per·spir'a·to'ry (pər-spīr'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē, pûr'spər-ə-) adj.

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Evaporation of water from the skin surface, without the active secretion of sweat. This insensible perspiration is continuous and inevitable unless the environment is very humid, and in typical temperate zones it accounts for a loss of 300-400 ml daily in the average adult. Colloquially, the word perspiration is used euphemistically to avoid the smellier implications of sweat.

— Stuart Judge

See body fluids; sweating.

noun

Moisture excreted through the pores of the skin: lather, sweat. See dry/wet.

IN BRIEF: Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands.

Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration. — Thomas Edison (1847-1931)

Dansk (Danish)
n. - sved

Nederlands (Dutch)
transpiratie, het transpireren

Français (French)
n. - transpiration

Deutsch (German)
n. - Transpiration, Schweiß, Schwitzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εφίδρωση, ιδρώτας

Italiano (Italian)
sudore, traspirazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - perspiração (f), suor (m)

Русский (Russian)
пот

Español (Spanish)
n. - transpiración, sudor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svett, transpiration

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
汗, 努力, 流汗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 汗, 努力, 流汗

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 발한, 땀

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 発汗, 汗

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عرق, تعرق, تعريق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זיעה, הזעה‬

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