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Sudation vs Fomentation - What's the difference?

sudation | fomentation |

As nouns the difference between sudation and fomentation

is that sudation is perspiration; sweat (fluid) while fomentation is the act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors.

sudation

Noun

(-)
  • Perspiration; sweat (fluid).
  • (physiology) The process of perspiring.
  • Synonyms

    * hidrosis * sudoresis * sweating ----

    fomentation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors.
  • The lotion applied to a diseased part.
  • *
  • I then applied a fomentation to the part, which highly answered the intention;
  • Excitation; instigation; encouragement.