Etymology

hidradenitis

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Today it means: Inflammation of the sweat glands. Full definition →

German Hidradenitis
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  1. German · borrowed fromHidradenitis
  2. English todayhidradenitis

First attested in 1894. From the German Hidradenitis (1865; also the etymologically more consistent Hidrotadenitis, 1893), ultimately representing the Ancient Greek roots ἱδρώς (hidrṓs, “sweat”, stem: ἱδρῶτ-, hidrōt-) + ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”, stem: ἀδεν-, aden-) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “[inflammatory] disease”).

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