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ephidrosis

/ˌɛfɪˈdroʊsɪs/

ephidrosis noun: morbid or excessive secretion of sweat; hyperhidrosis.

Noun

ephidrosis (uncountable)

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

Origin of ephidrosis

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.

Questions about ephidrosis

What does ephidrosis mean?
Ephidrosis means morbid or excessive secretion of sweat; hyperhidrosis.
What part of speech is ephidrosis?
Ephidrosis is a noun.
How do you pronounce ephidrosis?
Ephidrosis is pronounced /ˌɛfɪˈdroʊsɪs/.

Words near ephidrosis in the dictionary

  1. Ephesos
  2. Ephesus
  3. ephi
  4. ephialtes
  5. ephialtoid
  6. ephidrosis
  7. Ephigenia
  8. ephippia
  9. ephippial
  10. ephippid
  11. ephippids

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