n. A medical condition with the primary symptom of excessive sweating, in excess of that required for regulation of body temperature..
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n. excessive and profuse perspiration
Word Usage
"About 3% of the world's population suffers from a condition called hyperhidrosis, in which the sweating is considered excessive by medical standards, according to the International Hyperhidrosis Society, Quakertown, Pa."