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101hyperhidrosis — /huy peuhr hi droh sis/, n. Pathol. abnormally excessive sweating. Also, hyperidrosis /huy peuhr i droh sis/. [1850 55; HYPER + HIDROSIS] * * * ▪ pathology also spelled hyperidrosis excessive sweating, either general or local. A person… …
102skin — skinlike, adj. /skin/, n., v., skinned, skinning, adj. n. 1. the external covering or integument of an animal body, esp. when soft and flexible. 2. such an integument stripped from the body of an animal, esp. a small animal; pelt: a beaver skin.… …
103sweat — sweatless, adj. /swet/, v., sweat or sweated, sweating, n., adj. v.i. 1. to perspire, esp. freely or profusely. 2. to exude moisture, as green plants piled in a heap or cheese. 3. to gather moisture from the surrounding air by condensation. 4.… …
104climatic adaptation — In physical anthropology, the genetic adaptation of human beings to different environmental conditions, such as extreme cold, humid heat, desert habitat, and high altitudes. Extreme cold favours short, round bodies with short arms and legs, flat… …
105human disease — Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness …
106diaphoretic — 1. Relating to, or causing, perspiration. 2. An agent that increases perspiration. * * * di·a·pho·ret·ic ret ik adj 1) having the power to increase sweating 2) perspiring profusely: covered with sweat: SWEATY diaphoretic n an agent capable of… …
107Heat illness — Calenture redirects here. For the album by The Triffids, see Calenture (album). Heatstroke and Heatstrokes redirect here. For the film, see Heatstroke (film). For the song by Krokus, see Metal Rendez vous. Sunstroke redirects here. For other uses …
108sweat — [[t]swe̱t[/t]] sweats, sweating, sweated 1) N UNCOUNT Sweat is the salty colourless liquid which comes through your skin when you are hot, ill, or afraid. Both horse and rider were dripping with sweat within five minutes... He wiped the sweat off …
109miliary fever — noun epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality • Syn: ↑sweating sickness • Hypernyms: ↑infectious disease * * * noun : an epidemic disease characterized by fever, excessive sweating, and… …
110sweat out — transitive verb 1. : to endure, wait for, or wait through the course of (something beyond one s control) all they could do was to close their ranks, make the best speed they could, and sweat it out to the end Nicholas Monsarrat these officers ate …
