hyperhidrosis
noun
abnormally excessive sweating.
hyperidrosis
-
a variation of
hyperhidrosis.
Example Sentences
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We repeat, then, that while nothing can be simpler than the mechanism of cholera viewed as a gastro-intestinal hyperidrosis, nothing is more mysterious than the mechanism of the primary cause which gives rise to it.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Crocker quotes the case of a tailor of sixty-five in whom hyperidrosis had existed for thirty-five years.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Describe the symptoms of the local forms of hyperidrosis.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
During menstruation, hyperidrosis of the axillae diffuses an aromatic odor similar to that of acids or chloroform, and in suppression of menses, according to the Ephemerides, the odor is as of hops.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Dupont has published an account of a curious case of chronic general hyperidrosis or profuse sweating which lasted upward of six years.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
