| sweaty | 1. Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment. 2. Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat. "No noisome whiffs or sweaty streams." (Swift) 3. Causing sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult. "The sweaty forge." Origin: Sweatier; Sweatiest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sweaty feet syndrome | A disorder of leucine metabolism characterised by the excessive production of isovaleric acid upon protein ingestion or during infectious episodes; severe metabolic acidosis results from the large quantities of acid formed; autosomal recessive inheritance; due to a deficiency of isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase. Synonym: sweaty feet syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |