ephidrosis

English

Etymology

From ep- (“upon, on”) +‎ hidrosis (“sweating”), from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “upon, on”) and New Latin hidrōsis, from Ancient Greek ἱδρώς (hidrṓs, “sweat”) + -sis; also synchronically held to end in the suffix -osis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛfɪˈdroʊsɪs/

Noun

ephidrosis (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) Morbid or excessive secretion of sweat; hyperhidrosis.
    • 1845, John Bell, P. Rayer, A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Skin‎[1], Antigonos Verlag, →ISBN, page 334:
      M. Dupont has published an account of a curious case of a chronic general ephidrosis, which lasted upwards of six years.

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