desudatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dēsūdātĭo, ōnis, f. [desudo], a violent sweating (late Lat.).

I Prop.: nimia corporis, Firm. Math. 3, 1.—

II Trop., exertion, painstaking; coupled with cura, Mart. Cap. 6, § 577.