Meanings
nounanhidrosis (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineThe reduced ability or inability to sweat.
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?
2025 October 20, Caroline Davies, quoting Virginia Giuffre, “Prince Andrew tried to hire ‘internet trolls’ to hassle Virginia Giuffre, book claims”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: adiaphoresis, ischidrosis, adiapneustia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe reduced ability or inability to sweat.
More synonyms by meaning
nounfailure of the sweat glands
Similar
Broader
physical conditionphysiological statephysiological condition
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
- Englishan-
- Englishhidrosis
- Englishanhidrosis
Translations
Indonesian anhidrosis
- anhidrosisreduced ability or inability to sweat
Italian anidrosi
- anidrosireduced ability or inability to sweat
Portuguese anidrose
- anidrosereduced ability or inability to sweat
Spanish anhidrosis
- anhidrosisreduced ability or inability to sweat
Cite this entry
APA
anhidrosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anhidrosis
MLA
“anhidrosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anhidrosis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anhidrosis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anhidrosis.
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