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hidrosis

[hi-droh-sis, hahy-]

hi·dro·sis

[hi-droh-sis, hahy-]
noun
the excessive production of sweat.

Origin:
1890–95; < Greek hídrōsis sweating, equivalent to hidrō-, variant stem of hidroûn to sweat, verbal derivative of hidrṓs sweat + -sis -sis

hi·drot·ic [hi-drot-ik, hahy-] , adjective
hy·per·hi·drot·ic, adjective
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Hidrosis is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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hidrosis (hɪˈdrəʊsɪs)
 
n
1.  See sweat a technical word for sweating or sweat
2.  any skin disease affecting the sweat glands
3.  pathol Also called: hyperhidrosis excessive perspiration
 
[C18: via New Latin from Greek: sweating, from hidrōs sweat]
 
hidrotic
 
adj

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hidrosis hi·dro·sis (hī-drō'sĭs, hĭ-)
n. pl. hi·dro·ses (-sēz)

  1. The formation and excretion of sweat.

  2. Sweat, especially in excessive or abnormal amounts.


hi·drot'ic (-drŏt'ĭk) adj.

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