miliaria
n.
type of skin disease, prickly heat (Pathology)
Miliaria
Miliaria (miliaria rubra, sweat rash or prickly heat) is a
skin disease marked by small and itchy
rashes. Miliaria is a common ailment in hot and humid conditions, such as in the tropics and during the summer season. Although it affects people of all ages, it is especially common in children and infants due to their underdeveloped sweat glands.
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Miliaria
miliaria
Noun
1. obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity
(synonym) prickly heat, heat rash
(hypernym) rash, roseola, efflorescence, skin rash
Miliaria
(n.)
A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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