Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, the secretion of colored sweat. Also written
chromhidrosis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Secretion of abnormally colored perspiration.
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- noun Alternative form of
chromhidrosis .
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Examples
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The first English case of chromidrosis, or colored sweat, was published by Yonge of Plymouth in 1709.
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The left side flushed more than the right In connection with this case may be mentioned one by White of Harvard, a case of unilateral yellow chromidrosis in a man.
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The left side flushed more than the right In connection with this case may be mentioned one by White of Harvard, a case of unilateral yellow chromidrosis in a man.
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The first English case of chromidrosis, or colored sweat, was published by Yonge of Plymouth in 1709.
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_Red chromidrosis_ or _Pseudochromidrosis_ is a condition in which the coloring of the sweat occurs after its excretion and is due to the presence of chromatogenous bacteria which are found attached to the hairs of the part in agglutinated masses.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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(True chromidrosis is extremely rare; most of the cases formerly thought to be such are now known to be examples of pseudochromidrosis.)
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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