HIDROSIS
Hi*dro"sis, n. [Written also, but incorrectly, idrosis.] [NL., fr.
Gr. to sweat, sweat.]
1. (Physiol.)
Defn: Excretion of sweat; perspiration.
2. (Med.) Excessive perspiration; also, any skin disease characterized by abnormal perspiration.
HIDROTIC
Hi*drot"ic, a. [Gr. sudorific.] (Med.)
Defn: Causing perspiration; diaphoretic or sudorific.
HIDROTIC
Hi*drot"ic, n.
Defn: A medicine that causes perspiration; a diaphoretic or a sudorific.
HIE Hie, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hied; p. pr. & vb. n. Hying.] Etym: [OE. hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf. L. ciere to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. cite.]
Defn: To hasten; to go in haste; — also often with the reciprocal pronoun. [Rare, except in poetry] "My husband hies him home." Shak. The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. Dryden.