prickly heat

noun Pathology.
a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
Also called heat rash.


Origin:
1730–40, Americanism

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prickly heat
 
n
a nontechnical name for miliaria

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prickly heat prick·ly heat (prĭk'lē)
n.
See heat rash.

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Example sentences
Heat stress includes faintness, painful muscle spasms and cramps and prickly
  heat caused by a skin rash from clogged pores.
Prickly heat or heat rash is in the form of tiny red blisters in the affected
  skin area.
Also known as prickly heat, occurs in hot, humid environments where sweat can
  not easily evaporate from the skin.
Powdered seeds hasten suppuration of boils and cure prickly heat.
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