miliaria
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Related to miliaria: miliaria pustulosa, miliaria rubra
mil·i·ar·i·a
(mĭl′ē-âr′ē-ə)n.
See heat rash.
[New Latin (fēbris) miliāria, miliary (fever), feminine of Latin miliārius, of millet; see miliary.]
mil′i·ar′i·al adj.
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miliaria
(ˌmɪlɪˈɛərɪə)n
(Pathology) an acute itching eruption of the skin, caused by blockage of the sweat glands. Nontechnical names: heat rash or prickly heat
[C19: from New Latin, from Latin miliārius miliary]
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mil•i•ar•i•a
(ˌmɪl iˈɛər i ə)n.
an inflammatory disease of the skin, located about the sweat glands, marked by the formation of vesicles or papules resembling millet seeds; prickly heat.
[1700–10; < New Latin miliāria, Latin: feminine of miliārius miliary]
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miliaria
n sudamina (form), miliaria (form), sarpullido or salpullido, erupción f que se manifiesta durante tiempos de calorEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.