Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Deficiency or absence of perspiration. Also written anidrosis.

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  • noun medicine The reduced ability or inability to sweat.

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  • noun failure of the sweat glands

Etymologies

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an- +‎ hidrosis

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Examples

  • Except for those with a dangerous condition called anhidrosis, which can be caused by nerve damage or certain medications, everybody sweats, some more than others.

    Don't sweat it: Perspiring is just body's air conditioning 2011

  • CIPA congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis, 394

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  • Horses with severe anhidrosis often will be observed in distress with labored breathing and perfectly dry coats, even when standing idly in the shade, while their normal herd mates are dripping with sweat.

    Thoroughbred Times Headlines 2010

  • Mild anhidrosis can cause unusual sweating patterns, with some areas of the coat remaining dry where normal horses sweat.

    Thoroughbred Times Headlines 2010

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