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

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

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Morley, Henry

The latter, or miliaria inirritata, was attended with great arterial debility; and during the course of the fever pellucid points appeared within the skin, particularly on the soft parts of the fingers.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Incolæ annum fertilem fore, vel sterilem, siccum vel humidum, calidum, vel frigidum: hæc loca vocant caminos Infernales, et à finibus Italiæ vsque ad ista loca sunt 25. miliaria.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

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

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert

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 Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures by Various