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Descriptor English: Sweating
Descriptor Spanish: Sudoración
Descriptor Portuguese: Sudorese
Descriptor French: Sudation
Tree number(s): G07.110.232.693
G07.410.421.693
G13.750.860
G16.012.500.535.693
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013546
Scope note: The process of exocrine secretion of the SWEAT GLANDS, including the aqueous sweat from the ECCRINE GLANDS and the complex viscous fluids of the APOCRINE GLANDS.
Annotation: do not confuse with CUTANEOUS ELIMINATION; PRICKLY HEAT see MILIARIA is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Related: Cutaneous Elimination MeSH
Cystic Fibrosis MeSH
Hyperhidrosis MeSH
Hypohidrosis MeSH
DeCS ID: 13927
Unique ID: D013546
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Sweating - Preferred
Concept UI M0020923
Scope note The process of exocrine secretion of the SWEAT GLANDS, including the aqueous sweat from the ECCRINE GLANDS and the complex viscous fluids of the APOCRINE GLANDS.
Preferred term Sweating



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