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Definition of Hyperhidrosis

1. Noun. Excessive and profuse perspiration.

Definition of Hyperhidrosis

1. Noun. A medical condition with the primary symptom of excessive sweating, in excess of that required for regulation of body temperature.. ¹

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Definition of Hyperhidrosis

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Medical Definition of Hyperhidrosis

1. Excessive perspiration. Also called hyperidrosis, polyhidrosis and polyidrosis. Origin: Gr. Hidrosis = sweating This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperhidrosis

Literary usage of Hyperhidrosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hypnotism and treatment by suggestion by John Milne Bramwell (1910)
"... and Eczema— hyperhidrosis NEURASTHENIA No. 51. Mrs. , aged 41 ; March 20th, 1892. Had always been more or less delicate. Obstinate constipation since ..."

2. Handbook of Diseases of the Skin by Hugo Ziemssen (1885)
"By the term hyperhidrosis we mean habitually increased ... If it affects only a single part it is called. hyperhidrosis localis or, shortly, ..."

3. A Digest of External Therapeutics: With Numerous Formulae Arranged for Reference by Egbert Guernsey Rankin (1900)
"... AND hyperhidrosis. In the former, frequent ablutions are necessary; in the latter wash as little as is compatible with cleanliness. ..."

4. Journal of Cutaneous Diseases Including Syphilis by American Dermatological Association (1907)
"Furthermore, the disease has usually been accompanied by chilblains or toxic hyperhidrosis of the hands and feet. In the Herrman series of cases, ..."

5. Gould and Pyle's Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine and Surgery: With ...by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle, Richard John Ernst Scott by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle, Richard John Ernst Scott (1912)
"General hyperhidrosis results from faulty innervation. ... In general hyperhidrosis constitutional remedies are to be employed—belladonna or atropin, ergot, ..."

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