Definitions for perspiration

Overview of noun perspiration

The noun perspiration has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (5) perspiration, sweat, sudor

(salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; "sweat poured off his brow")

2. perspiration, sweating, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis

(the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process")