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. Nontechnical names: heat rash.  prickly heat. an acute itching eruption of the skin, caused by blockage of the sweat glands

Word History and Origins

Origin of miliaria¹

1700–10; < New Latin miliāria, Latin: feminine of miliārius miliary

Word History and Origins

Origin of miliaria¹

C19: from New Latin, from Latin miliārius _miliary

Example Sentences

Heat rash, called miliaria by doctors, can cause the skin to redden if the glands are blocked in a deeper layer of the skin.

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Dr. Borgiotti, another member of the Academy, also narrated a case of phosphorescent sweating in a patient with miliaria, a fact which has previously been noticed.

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In the former of these, or miliaria irritata, the eruptions were distinct and larger than the small-pox, and the fever was not subdued without two or three venesections, and repeated cathartics with calomel.

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

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

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