hidrosis

English

Etymology

From New Latin hidrōsis, from Ancient Greek ἱδρώς (hidrṓs, “sweat”) + -sis.

Noun

hidrosis (countable and uncountable, plural hidroses)

1. (physiology, medicine) The formation and excretion of sweat; sweating; perspiration; and (sometimes, more particularly):
   1. (physiology, medicine) 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

• (both senses): diaphoresis
• (excessive sweating): hyperhidrosis
• perspiration
• sudation
• sudoresis
• sweating

Derived terms

• anhidrosis
• dyshidrosis
• hidrotic
• hyperhidrosis
• hypohidrosis
• ischidrosis

Translations

the formation and excretion of sweat

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