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HIDROSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hidrosis mean?
• HIDROSIS (noun)
The noun HIDROSIS has 1 sense:
1. the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
Familiarity information: HIDROSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
diaphoresis; hidrosis; perspiration; sudation; sweating
Context example:
perspiration is a homeostatic process
Hypernyms ("hidrosis" is a kind of...):
activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hidrosis"):
hyperhidrosis; hyperidrosis; polyhidrosis (excessive and profuse perspiration)
Derivation:
hidrotic (of or relating to sweat)
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