Miliaria

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See heat rash.
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  • n. A rash caused by blocked, malfunctioning, or underdeveloped sweat glands.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In pathology, miliary fever.
  • n. In ornithology, an old name of the corn-bunting, Emberisa miliaria, as that of a bird which feeds upon millet. It is taken by some authors as a generic name of this bunting and its near relatives.
  • n. An eruption of minute vesicles due to obstruction of the sweat-glands. Also called prickly heat.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    efflorescence    rash    skin rash    roseola   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sweat rash    prickly heat   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    milia    continet    ambitu    ferebat    talentorum   
     
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