Prickly-heat
noun, Pathology.
1.
a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
prickly heat
noun
1.
a nontechnical name for miliaria
prickly heat prick·ly heat (prĭk’lē)
n.
See heat rash.
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