a. [f. late L. sūdōrifer or mod.L. sūdōriferus: see -FEROUS. Cf. F. sudorifère, It., Sp., Pg. sudorifero.]

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  1.  = SUDORIFIC 1.

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1597.  A. M., trans. Guillemeau’s Fr. Chirurg., 49/1. Sudoriferouse medicaments.

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1694.  Westmacott, Script. Herb., 26. The extract of the wood of Box is sudoriferous.

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1833.  M. Scott, Tom Cringle, vii. The temper of the people … is hotter than the climate, and that, God knows! is sudoriferous enough.

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  2.  = SUDORIPAROUS.

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1713.  Derham, Phys.-Theol., V. vii. 338. The sudoriferous Glands and Vessels.

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1849–52.  Todd’s Cycl. Anat., IV. II. 841/1. The cutaneous secretion is formed by the spiral sudoriferous canals.

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1856.  Todd & Bowman, Phys. Anat., II. 387. These glands … are … related rather to the sudoriferous than to the salivary system.

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1877.  Burnett, Ear, 23. The sudoriferous glands are most abundant on the posterior surface of the auricle.

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  Hence Sudoriferousness.

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1727.  Bailey (vol. II.), Sudoriferousness, aptness to cause Sweat.

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