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dyshidrosis

dyshidrosis noun: a skin condition characterized by small blisters on the hands or feet.

Noun

dyshidrosis (countable and uncountable, plural dyshidroses)

  1. A skin condition characterized by small blisters on the hands or feet.

dyshidrosis meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian

dyshidrosis in Tamil

சுவேதனக்கேடு, வியர்வைக்கட்டி

dyshidrosis in Arabic

a skin condition characterized by small blisters on the hands or feet
خلل التعرق

dyshidrosis in Indonesian

a skin condition characterized by small blisters on the hands or feet
dishidrosis

Forms of dyshidrosis

pluraldyshidroses

Origin of dyshidrosis

From dys- + hidrosis, although the name is a misnomer; it was formed by a physician who thought that sweat gland dysfunction was involved, which turned out to be incorrect (for more, see Wikipedia).

Questions about dyshidrosis

What does dyshidrosis mean?
Dyshidrosis means a skin condition characterized by small blisters on the hands or feet.
What is dyshidrosis in Tamil?
Dyshidrosis in Tamil is சுவேதனக்கேடு, வியர்வைக்கட்டி. See Dyshidrosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dyshidrosis?
Dyshidrosis is a noun.
What is the plural of dyshidrosis?
The plural of dyshidrosis is dyshidroses.

Words near dyshidrosis in the dictionary

  1. dyshemopoietic
  2. dyshepatia
  3. dyshesion
  4. dyshesive
  5. dyshidroses
  6. dyshidrosis
  7. dyshidrotic
  8. dyshomeostases
  9. dyshomeostasis
  10. dyshomeostatic
  11. dyshomoeostasis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dyshidrosis (page history and authors); dyshidrosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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