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单词 prickly heat
释义

prickly heat

noun

: a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples with intense itching and tingling caused by inflammation around the sweat ducts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Heat rash, also known as prickly heat or miliaria, happens when sweat is trapped in the skin, causing small blisters and lumps to form, the Mayo Clinic explains. Korin Miller, SELF, 10 Aug. 2022 The girl was filthy, blistered by prickly heat and bitten by ants, her ankles chafed by chains attached to an iron stake. Sam Roberts, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1736, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

prickly heat

noun

prick·​ly heat ˈprik-lē- How to pronounce prickly heat (audio)
: a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples with intense itching and tingling caused by inflammation around the sweat ducts

called also heat rash

see miliaria
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