Noun perspiration has 2 senses
  1. perspiration, sweat, sudor - salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; "sweat poured off his brow"
    --1 is a kind of secretion
    --1 has substances: water, H2O
    Derived form: verb perspire1
  2. perspiration, sweating, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis - the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process"
    --2 is a kind of bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
    --2 has particulars: hyperhidrosis, hyperidrosis, polyhidrosis
    Derived form: verb perspire1
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