Sweat

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Sweat, or perspiration, was a liquid secretion produced by an individual's body for the purpose of expelling toxins and cooling one's body temperature. Sweat was a byproduct of vigorous exercise or exertion and could also be produced due to prolonged exposure to heat from an external source or as a response to strong emotions, such as fear.
While forced to stay in 's catwalk in 2152, Commander and Ensign Travis Mayweather started to sweat due to the increasing temperature in the command area. ()
In 2153, Trip Tucker woke up sweating after a nightmare about the death of his sister. ()
In 2259 of the alternate reality, became sweaty after melding with Spock. ()
In 2266, Doctor Leonard McCoy encouraged a reclining James T. Kirk to keep pedaling until he worked up a little sweat, saying it would do him good. ()
The manic evil half of Kirk sweated profusely while roaming the halls of the . ()
When fighting with an ill Joe Tormolen, Kevin Riley accused him of getting in a sweat (all worked up). ()
In 2364, concerned that Worf was taking an upcoming game of Parrises squares too seriously, Riker told him it was just a game, saying, "You work up a sweat, you have a few laughs, and you make new friends." ()
In 2366, trying to convince Data that the Human population of Tau Cygna V should not be forced to evacuate their settlement to the Sheliak, Gosheven pointed out to him an aqueduct. When Data described it as "water," he replied that it was blood and sweat, the result of 90 years of combined effort. Data, however, was unmoved by the argument as he know that the Sheliak would use their powerful weapons to simply obliterate the people if they did not evacuate. ()
While working at the New Zealand Penal Settlement in 2371, Tom Paris was sweating. ()
In 2373, Pascal Fullerton described himself as "a middle-aged ponderous academic, sweating under the hot Risian suns." ()
There were some individuals who might be capable of not breaking a sweat even while accomplishing a physically demanding task. For example, Julian Bashir played a Vulcan in the racquetball finals at Starfleet Medical Academy in his senior year. He later remarked on the Vulcan's stamina, saying he didn't think the man had even broken a sweat. () Similarly, Odo's assessment of Kurn's prowess as a Klingon warrior was that he could have disarmed a Boslic captain without breaking a sweat. ()
In 2374, an upset Jadzia Dax suggested that a cold-footed Worf go back to sweating and bleeding in the holosuite with his friends and when he was finished, Benjamin Sisko could perform their wedding ceremony in his office. ()
== Sweating as a medical symptom ==
Sweating could also be a symptom of illness. Sudden, profuse sweating, also known as "flop sweat", was a side effect of the Melvaran mud flea vaccine. ()
Increased perspiration rate among males present in the briefing room was one of the symptoms reported by the 's computer when Kirk asked for sensor probe readings. This indicated, much to the embarrassment of Kirk and other men present at the time, that they were physically attracted to Mudd's women. ()
While under the influence of polywater intoxication, Hikaru Sulu remarked that he was "sweating like a bridegroom," though he wasn't sure whether it was caused by Psi 2000 or Tormolen's death. After Riley became ill with the polywater intoxication, he commented that he was sweating, too. Later, McCoy discovered that perspiration was the vector responsible for transmitting the illness. ()
In 2268, Dr. McCoy asked Montgomery Scott if he was experiencing sweating due to a gas grenade he had been exposed to. ()
As a result of the infection with the phage, B'Elanna Torres started to sweat and was in pain. ()
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