- hi|dro|sis
- hi|dro|sis «hih DROH sihs», noun.1. sweating, especially excessive sweating.2. a skin disease characterized by excessive sweating.
sweat]Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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an|hi|dro|sis — «AN huh DROH sihs», noun. the inability to secrete perspiration. ╂[< an without + Greek hidrōs sweat + English osis condition] … Useful english dictionary
chro|mi|dro|sis — «KROH muh DROH sihs», noun. the secretion of colored sweat. ╂[< Greek chrôma color + hídrōsis sweat] … Useful english dictionary
dys|hi|dro|sis — «DIHS hih DROH sihs», noun. a disease of the sweat follicles, in which they become distended with the retained secretion … Useful english dictionary
dys|i|dro|sis — «DIHS ih DROH sihs», noun. = dyshidrosis. (Cf. ↑dyshidrosis) … Useful english dictionary
en|chon|dro|sis — «EHN kon DROH sihs», noun. an enchondroma rising from cartilage … Useful english dictionary
ep|i|chon|dro|sis — «EHP uh kon DROH sihs», noun, plural ses « seez». a growth of cartilage upon the periosteum, as that producing the antlers of a deer … Useful english dictionary
os|te|o|chon|dro|sis — «OS tee oh kon DROH sihs», noun. an abnormal condition of bone and cartilage formation involving temporary degeneration of tissue due to inadequate blood supply. ╂[< osteo + chrondr + osis] … Useful english dictionary
pol|y|he|dro|sis — «POL ee hee DROH sihs», noun. any one of several diseases of insect larvae, such as the corn earworm, caused by a type of virus that forms polyhedral protein granules inside the nuclei of the larval cells. ╂[< polyhedron + osis] … Useful english dictionary
syn|chon|dro|sis — «SIHNG kon DROH sihs», noun, plural ses « seez». Anatomy. 1. an articulation in which the bones are so fused by intervening cartilage that the joint has little or no motion. 2. symphysis. ╂[< New Latin synchondrosis < syn together + Greek… … Useful english dictionary
dro — dro·som·e·ter; dro·soph·i·la; dro·soph·i·list; dro·ver; dys·chon·dro·pla·sia; dys·hi·dro·sis; en·chon·dro·ma; en·chon·dro·sis; er·ga·tan·dro·morph; eu·dro·mi·as; gy·nan·dro·morph; gynan·dro·spor·ous; he·ma·ti·dro·sis; hi·dro·sis;… … English syllables
