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miliaria

[ mil-ee-air-ee-uh ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. an inflammatory disease of the skin, located about the sweat glands, marked by the formation of vesicles or papules resembling millet seeds; prickly heat.


miliaria

/ ˌmɪlɪˈɛərɪə /

noun

  1. an acute itching eruption of the skin, caused by blockage of the sweat glands Nontechnical namesheat rashprickly heat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of miliaria1

1700–10; < New Latin miliāria, Latin: feminine of miliārius miliary
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Word History and Origins

Origin of miliaria1

C19: from New Latin, from Latin miliārius miliary
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Example Sentences

It has been observed in the later stages of phthisis, in miliaria, and in those who have eaten of putrid fish.

Conditions favoring a persistent miliaria have also a causative influence, especially observed in infants and young children.

How would you distinguish miliaria from papular and vesicular eczema, and from sudamen?

You may depend on it that the bunting, Emberiza miliaria, does not leave this county in the winter.

The miliaria or milestones were perfect stone cylinders about 3½ feet high, on bases.

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