Dyshidrosis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A skin condition characterized by small blisters on the hands or feet. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From dys- + hidrosis, although the name is a misnomer; it was formed by a physician who thought that sweat gland dysfunction was involved, which turned out to be incorrect (for more, see Wikipedia).

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