ANIDROSIS

(Lat.), n. f.?d-ro’si2s. Gen., anidro’- seos (-sis). Gr., éviSpwaus (from a priv. [or a intensive (Ist def.)], and ips, perspiration). Fr., anıdrose, Ger., Anidrose, It., anidrosi. Sp., anidrôsis, 1, Perspiration. [Hippo crates(A,311.] 2. As now used, a condition in which the function of perspiration is suspended or greatly diminished; in the pl., anidroses (Ger., Anidrosen), in Auspitz’s cla ification of skin diseases, a family of the idroses (see idrosis) comprising a. idiopathic a and dysidrosis (cheiropompholyx). 4; M, 1.)—A. erystallina. See Urirosis crystal lin a,—A. idiopathic a. A. occurring as an ae pended affection, not ptomatic of any other disease. [G.]—À. local is. Ger., regiondre Anidrose, ‚A, limited to one or more regions of the body. It may be a ociated with various cutaneous diseases, such as eczema, rurigo, and ichthyosis, or with certain neuroses affecting the skin. G.]—A. nniversalis. A, affeeting the entire cutaneous surface; commonly an accompaniment of certain cachectie diseases, such as diabetes, tuberculosis, and cancer. [G.]