ANHIDROSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anhidrosis mean? 

• ANHIDROSIS (noun)
  The noun ANHIDROSIS has 1 sense:

1. failure of the sweat glands

  Familiarity information: ANHIDROSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANHIDROSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Failure of the sweat glands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

anhidrosis; anhydrosis

Hypernyms ("anhidrosis" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

 Context examples 

Further, mutations in the gene are associated with congenital insensitivity to pain, anhidrosis, self-mutilating behavior, mental retardation and several other cancers.

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