miliaria

[ mil-ee-air-ee-uh ]

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.

miliaria

/ ˌmɪlɪˈɛərɪə /

noun

1. an acute itching eruption of the skin, caused by blockage of the sweat glands Nontechnical namesheat rashprickly heat

Word History and Origins

Origin of miliaria¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of miliaria¹

C19: from New Latin, from Latin 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

In the former of these, or miliaria irritata, the eruptions were distinct and larger than the small-pox, and the fever was not subdued without two or three venesections, and repeated cathartics with calomel.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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