hidrosis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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

Derived terms

• anhidrosis
• chromhidrosis
• dyshidrosis
• hidrotic
• hyperhidrosis
• hypohidrosis
• ischidrosis
• oligohidrosis
• osmidrosis
• panidrosis
• uridrosis
• urohidrosis

Translations

the formation and excretion of sweat

• Arabic: تعرق
• Bulgarian: потене n (potene), изпотяване n (izpotjavane)
• Portuguese: hidrose f