Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inflammation of the sweat-glands.
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- noun medicine
inflammation of thesweat glands
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Examples
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This condition is known as hidradenitis suppurativa.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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If you suffer from a condition called hidradenitis supurativa, it is better to use aerosol deodorants and avoid shaving.
The Beauty Brains 2009
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Yes, just in the past year, she said; she’d had three bouts of pneumonia, and a painful, weeping inflammation of her sweat glands called hidradenitis.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Yes, just in the past year, she said; she’d had three bouts of pneumonia, and a painful, weeping inflammation of her sweat glands called hidradenitis.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Yes, just in the past year, she said; she’d had three bouts of pneumonia, and a painful, weeping inflammation of her sweat glands called hidradenitis.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Reuters reports, Karl Marx, who complained of excruciating boils, actually suffered from a chronic skin disease with known psychological effects that may well have influenced his writings, a British expert said on Tuesday. ...hidradenitis greatly reduced his self-esteem, said Shuster,...
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Sam Shuster, professor of dermatology at the University of East Anglia, believes the revolutionary thinker had hidradenitis suppurativa HS in which the apocrine sweat glands – found mainly in the armpits and groin – become blocked and inflamed.
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“In addition to reducing his ability to work, which contributed to his depressing poverty, hidradenitis greatly reduced his self-esteem,” said Dr. Shuster, who published his findings in the British Journal of Dermatology.
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Sam Shuster, professor of dermatology at the University of East Anglia, believes the revolutionary thinker had hidradenitis suppurativa HS in which the apocrine sweat glands – found mainly in the armpits and groin – become blocked and inflamed.
Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » Marx didn’t hate capitalism, he just had bad skin 2007
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“In addition to reducing his ability to work, which contributed to his depressing poverty, hidradenitis greatly reduced his self-esteem,” said Dr. Shuster, who published his findings in the British Journal of Dermatology.
Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » Marx didn’t hate capitalism, he just had bad skin 2007
frogapplause commented on the word hidradenitis
Inflammation of the sweat glands.
April 26, 2011
reesetee commented on the word hidradenitis
That doesn't sound at all comfortable.
April 27, 2011