anhidrosis
English
Etymology
Noun
anhidrosis (uncountable)
- (medicine) The reduced ability or inability to sweat.
- 2025 October 20, Caroline Davies, quoting Virginia Giuffre, “Prince Andrew tried to hire ‘internet trolls’ to hassle Virginia Giuffre, book claims”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- Would his medical records really show that he [Prince Andrew] had a temporary case of anhidrosis (a lack of perspiration), which typically isn’t a response to adrenaline?
Synonyms
- (impaired sweating): adiaphoresis, ischidrosis, adiapneustia
Translations
reduced ability or inability to sweat
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Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, from English anhidrosis.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /anhiˈdrosis/ [an.hiˈdro.sɪs]
- Rhymes: -osis
- Syllabification: an‧hi‧dro‧sis
Noun
anhidrosis
Further reading
- “anhidrosis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Spanish
Alternative forms
- anidrosis (rare)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνίδρωσις (anídrōsis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aniˈdɾosis/ [a.niˈð̞ɾo.sis]
- Rhymes: -osis
- Syllabification: an‧hi‧dro‧sis
Noun
anhidrosis f (plural anhidrosis)
- anhidrosis
- Synonym: adiaforesis
- Antonym: hiperhidrosis
Further reading
- “anhidrosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “anhidrosis” in Diccionario de términos médicos, Real Academia Nacional de Medicina, 2012.