Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DI-APH-O-RET'IC
DI-APH-O-RET'IC, n.
A medicine which promotes perspiration; a sudorific. – Coxe. Encyc. Diaphoretics differ from sudorifics; the former only increase the insensible perspiration, the latter excite the sensible discharge called sweat. – Parr.
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