hypohidrosis (Experimental Factor Ontology identifier EFO_1000712) can be described as follows. diminished sweating in response to appropriate stimuli. While hyperhidrosis is a socially troubling but benign condition, hypohidrosis can lead to hyperthermia, heat exhaustion, heat stroke and potentially death.[1] An extreme case of hypohydrosis in which there is a complete absence of sweating and the skin is dry is termedanhidrosis. Also known as: Oligohidrosis, anhidrosis, sudomotor dysfunction, sweating dysfunction.