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hidro-
Sweat.
Greek hidrōs, sweat.
Hidrosis is the medical term for sweating, but it more commonly occurs in compounds relating to abnormal medical conditions: hyperhidrosis (Greek huper, over, beyond), excessive sweating, and anhidrosis (Greek an‑, not or without), inadequate sweating; a hidrocystoma is a benign cyst containing fluid.
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