sudorific
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of sudorific
1620–30; < New Latin sūdōrificus, equivalent to Latin sūdōr-, stem of sūdor sweat ( see sudoriferous) + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic
Example Sentences
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An emetic and a sudorific considerably relieved them by the morning, but a pig which ate the fish died.
From Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The sudorific effect of the treatment by external warmth described above should be aided by employing diaphoretics.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Use.—Elecampane is cultivated for its roots, which are carminative, sudorific, tonic, and alleviating in pulmonary diseases.
From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing
Dover's powder, dō′verz pow′der, n. a valuable sudorific medicine, compounded of ipecacuanha root, powdered opium, and sulphate of potash.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Indians in Mexico employ it as a febrifuge and sudorific and also as a remedy for epilepsy.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
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