miliaria (redirected from miliaria rubra)

mil·i·ar·i·a  (ml-âr-)

n.

See heat rash.

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[New Latin (fbris) miliria, miliary (fever), feminine of Latin milirius, of millet; see miliary.]

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mili·ari·al adj.

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miliaria [ˌmɪlɪˈɛərɪə]

n

(Medicine / Pathology) an acute itching eruption of the skin, caused by blockage of the sweat glands Nontechnical names heat rash prickly heat

[from New Latin, from Latin miliārius miliary]

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Noun

1.

miliaria - obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity heat rash, prickly heat rash, roseola, skin rash, efflorescence - any red eruption of the skin