PRICKLY HEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prickly heat mean? 

• PRICKLY HEAT (noun)
  The noun PRICKLY HEAT has 1 sense:

1. obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity

  Familiarity information: PRICKLY HEAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRICKLY HEAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

heat rash; miliaria; prickly heat

Hypernyms ("prickly heat" is a kind of...):

efflorescence; rash; roseola; skin rash (any red eruption of the skin)

 Context examples 

Miliaria rubra, or prickly heat, results from apocrine duct obstruction.

(Miliaria, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)