hidradenitis

See also: Hidradenitis

English

Etymology

First attested in 1894. From the German Hidradenitis (1865; also the etymologically more consistent Hidrotadenitis, 1893), ultimately representing the Ancient Greek roots ἱδρώς (hidrṓs, “sweat”, stem: ἱδρωτ-, hidrōt-) + ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”, stem: ἀδεν-, aden-) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “[inflammatory] disease”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haɪdɹədɪˈnaɪtɪs/

Noun

hidradenitis (usually uncountable, plural hidradenitides)

  1. (medicine) Inflammation of the sweat glands.

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