sudor

/ ˈsjuːdɔː; ˈsjuːdərəl /

noun

1. a technical name for sweat

Derived Forms

• sudoral, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sudor¹

Latin

Example Sentences

Profuse sweats from the inverted motions of the cutaneous lymphatics, as in some fainting fits, and at the approach of death; and as perhaps in the sudor anglicanus.

From Project Gutenberg

We represent herewith a sanitary train that was very successfully used during the prevalence of an epidemic of sudor Anglicus in Poitou this year.

From Project Gutenberg

Derived, most probably, from sudor, Latin, a sweat.

From Project Gutenberg

All the linen and all the clothing of the sick of this locality, which had been the seat of sudor, especially infantile, was disinfected.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• perspiration
• steam