SWEATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweating mean? 

• SWEATING (noun)
  The noun SWEATING has 1 sense:

1. the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

  Familiarity information: SWEATING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEATING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

diaphoresis; hidrosis; perspiration; sudation; sweating

Context example:

perspiration is a homeostatic process

Hypernyms ("sweating" is a kind of...):

activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweating"):

hyperhidrosis; hyperidrosis; polyhidrosis (excessive and profuse perspiration)

Derivation:

sweat (excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin)

 Context examples 

A disorder characterized by an uncomfortable and temporary sensation of intense body warmth, flushing, sometimes accompanied by sweating upon cooling.

(Hot Flashes, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Mutations in this gene are associated with cold-induced sweating syndrome and Crisponi syndrome.

(CRLF1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Pertaining to, characterized by, or promoting sweating, e.g. procedure or an agent that promotes sweating.

(Diaphoretic, NCI Thesaurus)

A temporary feeling of intense body warmth, flushing, sometimes accompanied by sweating.

(Hot Flashes, NCI Thesaurus)

A sudden, temporary onset of body warmth, flushing, and sweating (often associated with menopause).

(Hot flash, NCI Dictionary)

Causes include some medicines, vomiting, diarrhea, sweating or kidney problems.

(Fluid and Electrolyte Balance, NIH)

Your body normally cools itself by sweating.

(Heat Illness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Signs and symptoms include fevers, sweating, weakness, headache, muscle pain, arthritis and anemia.

(Brucellosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Wit, lad, is a catching thing, like the itch or the sweating sickness.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Symptoms may include weakness, nausea, or sweating.

(Atypical Angina, NCI Thesaurus)