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hyperhidrosis (hi″pәr-hĭ-dro´sis)   excessive sweating.
 

compensatory hyperhidrosis  excessive sweating on one part of the body to compensate for damage and inactivity of nearby sweat glands.

emotional hyperhidrosis  any kind due to emotional stimuli.
  an autosomal dominant disorder of the eccrine sweat glands, most often of the palms, soles, or armpits, in which emotional stimuli (such as anxiety) and sometimes mental or sensory stimuli elicit sweating. Eccrine sweat glands in other areas of the body are affected less often and are less sensitive to such stimuli.





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