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Prickly heat

//ˈpɹɪk li ˈhit// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    miliaria uncountable

    "My poor boy, how the prickly heat has marked your forehead! Have you ever tried sulphate of copper in water?"

  2. 2
    obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity wordnet

Etymology

1730-40, Americanism.

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