miliaria

[mil-ee-air-ee-uh]

noun Pathology.

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

Origin of miliaria

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

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Historical Examples of miliaria

The miliaria or milestones were perfect stone cylinders about 3½ feet high, on bases.
The Paladins of Edwin the Great
Clements R. Markham
It has been observed in the later stages of phthisis, in miliaria, and in those who have eaten of putrid fish.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin
Henry Weightman Stelwagon
You may depend on it that the bunting, Emberiza miliaria, does not leave this county in the winter.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1
Gilbert White

British Dictionary definitions for miliaria

miliaria

noun

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

Word Origin for miliaria

C19: from New Latin, from Latin miliārius miliary

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miliaria in Medicine

miliaria

[mĭl′ē-âr′ē-ə]

heat rash