Editing Perspiration (section)

==Definitions==
* The words ''diaphoresis'' and ''[[hidrosis]]'' can both mean either perspiration (in which [[word sense|sense]] they are [[synonym]]ous with ''sweating'')<ref name="Dorlands">{{Citation |last=Elsevier |title=Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary |postscript=. |url=http://dorlands.com/ |publisher=Elsevier |author-link=Elsevier}}</ref><ref name="Stedmans">{{Citation |last=Wolters Kluwer |title=Stedman's Medical Dictionary |postscript=. |url=http://stedmansonline.com/ |publisher=Wolters Kluwer |author-link=Wolters Kluwer}}</ref> or excessive perspiration (in which sense they can be either synonymous with [[hyperhidrosis]] or differentiable from it only by clinical criteria involved in narrow specialist senses of the words).
* [[Hypohidrosis]] is decreased sweating from whatever cause.<ref name="allaboutsweat.com">{{Cite web |title=Academy of Hyperhidrosis |url=http://www.allaboutsweat.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227062511/http://allaboutsweat.com/ |archive-date=2018-12-27 |access-date=2014-04-05 |publisher=Allaboutsweat.com}}</ref>
* [[Focal hyperhidrosis]] is increased or excessive sweating in certain regions such as the underarm, palms, soles, face, or groin.
* [[Hyperhidrosis]] is excessive sweating, usually [[wikt:secondary#Adjective|secondary]] to an underlying condition (in which case it is called secondary hyperhidrosis) and usually involving the body as a whole (in which case it is called [[generalized hyperhidrosis]]).<ref name="allaboutsweat.com" />
* Hidromeiosis is a reduction in sweating that is due to blockages of sweat glands in humid conditions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Parsons K |year=2009 |title=Maintaining health, comfort and productivity in heat waves |journal=Glob Health Action |volume=2 |pages=2057 |doi=10.3402/gha.v2i0.2057 |pmc=2799322 |pmid=20052377}}</ref>
* A substance or medicine that causes perspiration is a sudorific or sudatory.