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noun

a reddish inflammation of the buttocks occurring in infants usually as a result of irritation by ammonia formed as a breakdown product of urine.

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How to use diaper rash in a sentence

And it is not clear that there have been a rash of lawsuits from outraged parents over aggressive Christmastime greetings.
A Field General in the War on Christmas|David Freedlander|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On one summer lunch hour, Donna Ann Levonuk, 50, lifted a tub of diaper cream priced at $43.98—and then stashed it in her purse.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The results of that rash decision, the most dire of which has been the rise of ISIS, are now plain for us to see.
‘America in Retreat’: Why Neo-Isolationism Exploded Under Obama and What We Can Do About It|James Kirchick|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His judgments are not rash or driven by insecurity, fear, and a longing for the past.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero|Regina Lizik|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A rash of crimes against gay and trans* people point to a possible brewing class resentment in the “hip” parts of Brooklyn.
Is Brooklyn Becoming Unsafe for Gays? It Depends On Which Ones|Jay Michaelson|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hence Napoleon was driven more and more to trust to the advice of the rash, unstable King of Naples.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Garnache need not plague himself with vexation that his rash temper alone had wrought his ruin now.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Should he hire a horse and kill the animal by rash driving, he would be liable for its value.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
But glorious as his conduct was, his rash impetuosity more than once seriously compromised Napoleon's plans.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
He was a mere boy, who, in a rash skirmish with some of our hussars, was wounded severely and taken prisoner.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various