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Noun: perspiration  `purspi'reyshun
  1. Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
    - sweat, sudor
     
  2. The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
    "perspiration is a homeostatic process"
    - sweating, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis

Derived forms: perspirations

See also: perspire

Type of: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process, secretion

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