Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Diaphoresis \Di`a*pho*re"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to carry
   through, to throw off by perspiration; dia` through + ? to
   carry.] (Med.)
   Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.

Source : WordNet®

diaphoresis
     n : the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a
         salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process"
         [syn: {perspiration}, {sweating}, {sudation}, {hidrosis}]