Medical Dictionary
prickly heat
noun prick·ly heat \ˈprik-lē-\
Medical Definition of PRICKLY HEAT
: 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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