miliaria
an inflammatory disease of the skin, located about the sweat glands, marked by the formation of vesicles or papules resembling millet seeds; prickly heat.
Origin of miliaria
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It has been observed in the later stages of phthisis, in miliaria, and in those who have eaten of putrid fish.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonConditions favoring a persistent miliaria have also a causative influence, especially observed in infants and young children.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonHow would you distinguish miliaria from papular and vesicular eczema, and from sudamen?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonYou may depend on it that the bunting, Emberiza miliaria, does not leave this county in the winter.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 | Gilbert WhiteThe miliaria or milestones were perfect stone cylinders about 3½ feet high, on bases.
The Paladins of Edwin the Great | Clements R. Markham
British Dictionary definitions for miliaria
/ (ˌmɪlɪˈɛərɪə) /
an acute itching eruption of the skin, caused by blockage of the sweat glands: Nontechnical names: heat rash, prickly heat
Origin of miliaria
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