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perspiration

 noun
     
Related topics: Biology, Human
per‧spi‧ra‧tion [uncountable] formal
HBH liquid that appears on your skin when you are hot or nervous [= sweat; ↪ antiperspirant]:
He wiped the beads of perspiration (=drops) from his brow.
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