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Sudoriferous

Suˊdor-if′er-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
sudor
sweat +
-ferous
.]
(Physiol.)
Producing, or secreting, sweat; sudoriparous.
Sudoriferous glands
(Anat.)
,
small convoluted tubular glands which are situated in the subcutaneous tissues and discharge by minute orifices in the surface of the skin; the sweat glands.

Definition 2024

sudoriferous

sudoriferous

English

Adjective

sudoriferous ‎(not comparable)

  1. sweaty or sweating, bearing sweat

Etymology

From the Latin sūdōrifer ‎(“bearing sweat”). The term originally came from the Latin sūdor ‎(“sweat”) from the Latin verb sūdō ‎(“I sweat”) + -i- + -fer ‎(“-fer, that which carries”) from the Latin verb ferō ‎(“I bring”) + -ous (forming -ferous).

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