Definition for PER-SPI-RA'TION

PER-SPI-RA'TION, n. [L. perspiro. See Perspire.]

  1. The act of perspiring; excretion by the cuticular exhalents not condensed into sensible moisture on the surface; insensible evacuation of the fluids of the body through the excretories of the skin. – Encyc. Arbuthnot.
  2. Matter perspired.

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