Miliaria

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  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In pathology, miliary fever.
  • noun. In ornithology, an old name of the corn-bunting, Emberisa miliaria, as that of a bird which feeds upon millet. It is taken by some authors as a generic name of this bunting and its near relatives.
  • noun. An eruption of minute vesicles due to obstruction of the sweat-glands. Also called prickly heat.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A rash caused by blocked, malfunctioning, or underdeveloped sweat glands.
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  • noun. obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity
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    "Item ad diuisionem Thraciæ et Macedoniæ sunt duo mirabiliter alti montes, vnus Olympus, alter Athos, cuius vltimi vmbra oríente sole apparet ad 76. miliaria, vsque in insulam"
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