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εφίδρωση — meaning in English

efidrosi

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English meaning

  • perspiration noun Sweat, or the process of sweating.
  • sweating noun The process of releasing sweat through the skin, usually to cool the body.
  • transpiration noun The process by which plants lose water vapour into the air, mainly through tiny pores called stomata on the underside of their leaves.

Senses

εφίδρωση is used for these senses in English:

  • perspiration The action or process of perspiring.
  • sweating The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
  • transpiration (physiology) The process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes.

sweating — full definition

  1. noun The process of releasing sweat through the skin, usually to cool the body.
  2. noun A cooking technique of gently heating vegetables in fat until soft, without browning them.

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