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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2013-09-16 07:18 am

hyperhidrosis

hyperhidrosis (heye-per-hi-DROH-sis) - n., abnormally profuse sweating.


A medical condition, or rather a symptom of same. Can be general over the whole body or localized. "Abnormal" in this case meaning more than needed to regulate temperature. Coined around 1855 from Greek roots hyper-, excess + hidrōsis, sweating, from hidroûn, to sweat, from hidrōs, sweat.

---L.