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anhidrotic

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anhidrotic /an·hi·drot·ic/ (an″hĭ-drot´ik)
1. promoting anhidrosis.
2. an agent that suppresses sweating.
an·hi·drot·ic (nh-drtk)
adj.
Relating to or characterized by anhidrosis.
n.
An agent that reduces, prevents, or stops sweating.
anhidrotic
[an′hidrot′ik, an′hī-]
1 pertaining to anhidrosis.
2 an agent that reduces or suppresses perspiration.
anhidrotic
1. checking the flow of sweat.
2. an agent that suppresses perspiration.
anhidrotic asthenia
weight loss, dehydration and lassitude in animals introduced to tropical climates from a temperate area.


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2) Early reports, and some current ones, call this type of ED anhidrotic, but since affected people do sweat, albeit in limited amounts, hypohidrotic (meaning reduced sweating) is more appropriate than anhidrotic (meaning total absence of sweating).
Ectodermal dysplasias by Jorgenson, Ronald J. / The Dental Assistant
and his colleagues report in the August Nature Genetics that they have isolated a gene which, when faulty, causes the Indian family's complaint, now known as anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia.
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