miliaria

English - Turkish

Definition of miliaria in English Turkish dictionary: miliaria; (Tıp) Ter bezi kanallarının tıkanması sonucu toplanan terin deri yüzeyinde küçük veziküller oluşturması ile belirgin durum; (Tıp) isilik

English - English

Definition of miliaria in English English dictionary: obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity; Inflammatory skin disorder, with multiple small sites at sweat pores. Blockage of ducts causes sweat to escape into various levels of the skin and produce different inflammatory reactions. The most common type, known as prickly heat, results when sweat escapes into the epidermis. Pinhead blisters or pimplelike bumps occur mostly on the trunk and limbs and cause itching and burning. It mainly affects infants in tropical climates. See also perspiration, sweat gland; {i} type of skin disease, prickly heat (Pathology); A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever