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Hypohidrosis

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004086

A rare condition in which the sweat glands make little or no sweat. It can affect the whole body or a small part of the body. Hypohidrosis may be caused by severe burns, radiation, infection, inflammation, or other injuries to the skin. It may also be caused by certain medicines and some conditions that affect the skin, nerves, connective tissue, or sweat glands. It may be inherited as part of a genetic condition or develop later in life. Also called anhidrosis.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004086
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsanhidrosis
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004086",
  "term": "Hypohidrosis",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A rare condition in which the sweat glands make little or no sweat. It can affect the whole body or a small part of the body. Hypohidrosis may be caused by severe burns, radiation, infection, inflammation, or other injuries to the skin. It may also be caused by certain medicines and some conditions that affect the skin, nerves, connective tissue, or sweat glands. It may be inherited as part of a genetic condition or develop later in life. Also called anhidrosis.",
  "synonyms": [
    "anhidrosis"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/hypohidrosis/"
}

Record 8,857 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.