hyperidrosis

Thân thiện

A patient discusses hyperidrosis with a doctor in a clinic.

Definition

Noun: A medical condition characterized by abnormally excessive and profuse sweating, beyond what is necessary for normal thermoregulation.

Usage

This is a technical, medical term. It is used in clinical and scientific contexts to diagnose or describe a disorder of the sweat glands. It is not used in everyday conversation.

Examples

• The patient's primary complaint was hyperidrosis of the palms and soles.
• Hyperidrosis can be a source of significant social anxiety and discomfort.
• The study compared the efficacy of two different treatments for focal hyperidrosis.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often specified further as focal hyperidrosis (affecting specific areas like hands, feet, or underarms) or generalized hyperidrosis (affecting large areas of the body).

Variants and Related Words

• Hyperhidrosis: This is the more common and preferred modern spelling in medical literature. "Hyperidrosis" is a variant.
• Diaphoresis: A more general clinical term for profuse sweating, often but not always due to an underlying medical condition or drug effect.
• Sudoresis: Another synonym for the secretion of sweat.

Synonyms

• Excessive sweating
• Profuse perspiration
• Polyhidrosis

Word Origin

From Greek: hyper- (meaning "over, above, excessive") + hidrōs (meaning "sweat") + -osis (meaning "condition or state").

Học thuật

Noun

1. excessive and profuse perspiration

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hyperhidrosis
• polyhidrosis