miliaria

American  

[mil-ee-air-ee-uh] / ˌmɪl iˈɛər i ə /

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.

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miliaria British  

/ ˌmɪlɪˈɛərɪə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of miliaria

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

From Washington Post

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.

From Project Gutenberg

This, which maybe called miliaria sudatoria, has been confounded with other miliary fevers, and has made the existence of the latter doubted.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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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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