hidrosis

English

Etymology

From New Latin hidrōsis, from Ancient Greek ἱδρώς (hidrṓs, “sweat”) + -sis; also synchronically held to end in the suffix -osis.

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Noun

hidrosis (countable and uncountable, plural hidroses)

  2. (physiology, medicine) The formation and excretion of sweat.
    Synonyms: sweating, perspiration; (in medical usage) diaphoresis, sudation, sudoresis
    Antonyms: adiaphoresis, anhidrosis, ischidrosis
    Hyponyms: (excessive) hyperhidrosis; (insufficient) hypohidrosis
    2. (physiology, medicine, sometimes more particularly) Excessive sweating; excessive perspiration (more than would be expected in response to a given stimulus; especially when profuse as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug).
      Synonyms: hyperhidrosis, diaphoresis
      Antonym: hypohidrosis

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