sudorific
/ˌsudəˈrɪfɪk/
adjective
- Causing or inducing sweating.
- Doctors sometimes prescribe sudorific medications to help the body release heat.
- Some herbal teas have sudorific properties that can help break a fever.
- The hot chili peppers had a sudorific effect, making everyone at the table sweat.
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noun
- A substance or medicine that causes sweating.
- The herbalist recommended a sudorific to help the patient sweat out the illness.
- In traditional medicine, ginger is used as a sudorific to treat colds.
- Some sudorifics are taken before saunas to increase perspiration.
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