As a noun diaphoresis
is perspiration, especially when profuse and medically induced.
As an initialism DUMBELS is
a mnemonic ("diaphoresis/diarrhea, urination, miosis, bronchospasm/bradycardia/[bronchorrhea], emesis, lacrimation, salivation") used to identify the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome.
diaphoresis
Noun
(diaphoreses)
(physiology) Perspiration, especially when profuse and medically induced.
Synonyms
* hidrosis
* perspiration
* sudation
* sudoresis
* sweating
Derived terms
* diaphoretic
dumbels
English
Initialism
(Initialism)
(head)
(emergency medicine) A mnemonic ("diaphoresis/diarrhea, urination, miosis, bronchospasm/bradycardia/[bronchorrhea], emesis, lacrimation, salivation") used to identify the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome.
Synonyms
* SLUDGE