noun
- Medicines or substances that promote sweating.
Usage: Medical/pharmaceutical term; Usually plural when referring to multiple drugs or agents
adjective
- Relating to or promoting the production of sweat.
Usage: Medical/pharmaceutical term
Examples
- The doctor prescribed diaphoretics to help reduce the patient's fever.
- Certain herbs have diaphoretic properties and have been used in traditional medicine for centuries.
- Diaphoretics were commonly used in 19th-century medical practice to treat various illnesses.
- The diaphoretic effect of the medication helped the patient's body regulate its temperature.
- Some natural diaphoretics include ginger, cayenne pepper, and elderflower.
- The physician recommended diaphoretics as part of the treatment plan for the infection.