sudatory

A noun referring to a medicine that induces sweating, or a facility such as a bathhouse designed for hot air or steam baths.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das ein schweißtreibendes Mittel bezeichnet oder einen Raum wie eine Schwitzbad oder Dampfbad, der für Heißluft- oder Dampfbäder bestimmt ist.

1. Sweat-inducing medicine C2 formal medical

   A medicinal substance or agent that promotes or increases perspiration.

   • The physician prescribed a sudatory to help reduce the fever.
   • Herbal sudatories were commonly used in ancient medicine.
   • The patient was given a mild sudatory to induce sweating.

   🇩🇪Schweißtreibendes Mittel

   Synonyme: diaphoreticsudorific

2. Steam bath or hot air bath C2 formal

   A room or establishment designed for hot air baths or steam baths, intended to induce sweating.

   • The Romans built elaborate sudatories as part of their bath complexes.
   • He visited the sudatory for its therapeutic heat treatments.
   • The sudatory was filled with fragrant steam from heated herbs.

   🇩🇪Schwitzbad oder Heißluftbad

   Synonyme: saunasteam bathturkish bath

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