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hidradenitis

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hidradenitis /hi·drad·e·ni·tis/ (hi″drad-ĕ-ni´tis) inflammation of the sweat glands.
hidradenitis suppurati´va  a severe, chronic, recurrent suppurative infection of the apocrine sweat glands.

hi·drad·e·ni·tis (h-drdn-ts, h-)
n.
Inflammation of the sweat glands.

hidradenitis.
hidradenitis [hi″drad-ĕ-ni´tis]
inflammation of the sweat glands.
hidradenitis suppurati´va a severe, chronic, recurrent pus-producing infection of the apocrine sweat glands.

hidradenitis
inflammation of the sweat glands.


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