ephidrosis

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/ˌɛfɪˈdroʊsɪs/

noun

Morbid or excessive secretion of sweat; hyperhidrosis.

OriginAncient Greek ἐπί ← New Latin hidrōsis →
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Meanings

nounephidrosis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineMorbid 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

  1. Ancient Greekἱδρώς“sweat”
  2. New Latinhidrōsis
  3. Ancient Greekἐπί“upon, on”
  4. Englishephidrosis

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.

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Chicago

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