Taber's Medical Dictionary
perspire
(pĕr-spīr′ )
[L. perspirare, breathe through]
To secrete fluid through the pores of the skin.
SYN: SEE: sweat (3)
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Perspire." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730233/all/perspire.
Perspire. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730233/all/perspire. Accessed January 14, 2026.
Perspire. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730233/all/perspire
Perspire [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 January 14]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730233/all/perspire.
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