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anhidrotic

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anhidrotic [ˌænhɪˈdrɒtɪk] Med
adj
(Medicine) curbing the secretion of sweat
n
(Medicine) a substance that suppresses sweating


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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).
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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