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

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

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

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

Audiebantur tamen clamores per quatuor fere miliaria horribiles, auxilium postulantes.

From Poems, 1799 by Southey, Robert

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