different between sudation vs fomentation

English

Noun

sudation (usually uncountable, plural sudations)

1. Perspiration; sweat (fluid).
2. (physiology) The process of perspiring.

Synonyms

• hidrosis
• sudoresis
• sweating

Anagrams

• adustion

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.da.sj??/

Noun

sudation f (plural sudations)

1. sweating

Further reading

• “sudation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English f?ment?ci?un (“act of fomenting; lotion or poultice applied to a diseased part of the body”), from Late Latin f?ment?ti?, f?ment?ti?nem, from f?ment?re (from f?mentum (“lotion; compress, poultice; warm application; fomentation”), from fove? (“to warm, keep warm; to cherish, nurture; to bathe, foment”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *d?eg??- (“to burn; warm, hot”)) + -?ti?, -?ti?nem (“suffix forming a noun relating to some action or the result of an action”); analysable as foment +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??m?n?te??(?)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fo?m?n?te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: fo?men?ta?tion

Noun

fomentation (plural fomentations)

1. 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 (dispersing) tumours.
2. A lotion or poultice applied to a diseased or injured part of the body.
3. Encouragement; excitation; instigation.

Synonyms

• foment (noun)

Related terms

• foment
• fomenter
• refoment

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