hidrotic, a. and n. Med.
(hɪˈdrɒtɪk)
[ad. med.L. hidrōtic-us, a. Gr. ἱδρωτικ-ός, f. ἱδρώς, -ῶτος sweat. Cf. F. hidrotique.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to sweat; causing sweat; sudorific; diaphoretic.
| 1727–41 Chambers Cycl. s.v., Carduus benedictus..angelica, etc. are of the number of hidrotics, or hidrotic medicines. 1886 Syd. Soc. Lex., Hidrotic acid..believed formerly to exist in sweat. H. fever, Blundell's term for those cases of puerperal fever in which profuse perspiration is a marked symptom. |
B. n. A medicinal agent causing perspiration.
| 1705 Arbuthnot Coins (T.), He seems to have been the first who divided purges into hydroticks and purgers of bile. |