SWEAT

n. Swe2t. A.-S., swat. Gr., iSpw*. Lat., sudor. Fr., sueur. Ger., Schweisx. 1. The product of secretion from the perspiratory glands, perspiration (3d def.); a clear, colorle , acid, and, when first secreted, odorle liquid, the chief constituents of which are water, chlorides (especially sodium chloride), fatty substances, and urea. 2. In popular language, sensible perspiration. Bloody s. See HJEMATIDROSIS. Blue s. Perspiration communicating a bluish or green tint to the underclothing. [L, 41 (a, 14).] Cold s. Lat., ephidrosis diaphoretic a (seu syncoptic a). Perspiration accompanied with a sensation of cold, as in syncope. Colored s. See CHROMIDROSIS and BLEPHARO-CHROMIDROSIS. Critical s. See EPHIDROSIS febrilis. Diaphoretic s. See Cold s. Night-s. See the major list. S. -house. An inclosed space containing means for subjecting an inmate to the sudorific effect of steam, [a, 34.] Syncopal s. See Cold s. [s. 576]