hidradenitis
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Etymology[edit]
First attested in 1894. From the German Hidradenitis (1865; also the etymologically more consistent Hidrotadenitis, 1893), ultimately representing the Ancient Greek roots ἱδρώς (hidrṓs, “sweat”, stem: ἱδρῶτ-, hidrōt-) + ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”, stem: ἀδεν-, aden-) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “[inflammatory] disease”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hidradenitis (usually uncountable, plural hidradenitides)
- (medicine) Inflammation of the sweat glands.
Hyponyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
inflammation of the sweat glands
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