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prickly heat

Syllabification: (prick·ly heat)
Definition of prickly heat

noun

  • an itchy inflammation of the skin, typically with a rash of small vesicles, common in hot moist weather. Also called miliaria.

prickly heat in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of prickly heat in the British & World English dictionary