anhidrosis, n. Path.
(ænhɪˈdrəʊsɪs)
Also (now rare) anidrosis (ænɪ-).
[a. Gr. ἀνίδρωσις lack of sweating, f. ἀ(ν)- privative prefix (see an- 10) + ἱδρῶν to sweat. Cf. hidrotic a.]
Inability (or reduced ability) to sweat.
| 1743 R. James Medicinal Dict. I. sig. 6.O.2/1 Anidrosis, a nullity or privation of sweat. 1842 Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 3) 47/1 Anidrosis. 1900 Med. Rec. (N.Y.) 4 Aug. 197/2 (heading) Dermographia and anidrosis. 1948 A. Brodal Neurol. Anat. xi. 402 Immediately after an acute interruption of the pathways the autonomic reflexes will be abolished.., and there will therefore be anhidrosis. 1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics LXXIII. 857/2 Lesions of the brain and spinal cord may result in anhidrosis. 1993 Baillière's Clin. Endocrinol. & Metabolism VII. ii. 479 Impairment of sudomotor function results in hypohidrosis or anhidrosis. |