Sudatory (Noun)
Meaning 1
A bathhouse for hot air baths or steam baths.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A medicine that causes or increases sweating.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The doctor prescribed a sudatory to help the patient flush out the toxins from his body.
- Patients with a fever are often given a sudatory to induce sweating and help break the fever.
- The powder was used as a sudatory to treat various ailments, but its effectiveness has never been proven.
- Some herbal remedies act as a sudatory, helping the body to detoxify through sweat.
- After taking the sudatory, the patient felt a surge of heat and began to sweat profusely.