prickly heat

3 definitions found

prickly heat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Prickly \Prick"ly\, a.
     Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with
     prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Prickly heat (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of
        red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of
        the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat
        glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in
        hot weather.
  
     Prickly pear (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the
        cactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of
        fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly
        joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have
        many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a
        large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds.
        The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is
        Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others,
        and in tropical America more than a hundred more. Opuntia  vulgaris
        , Opuntia Ficus-Indica, and Opuntia Tuna are
        abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and
        Opuntia Dillenii has become common in India.
  
     Prickly pole (Bot.), a West Indian palm (Bactris  Plumierana
        ), the slender trunk of which bears many rings
        of long black prickles.
  
     Prickly withe (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant
        (Cereus triangularis) having prickly, slender, climbing,
        triangular stems.
  
     Prickly rat (Zool.), any one of several species of South
        American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and
        allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp
        spines.
        [1913 Webster]

prickly heat - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  prickly heat
      n 1: obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and
           humidity [syn: prickly heat, heat rash, miliaria]

prickly heat - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "prickly heat":
     acne, acne vulgaris, breaking out, dermamycosis, dermatitis,
     dermatosis, diaper rash, drug rash, eczema, efflorescence,
     elephantiasis, epithelioma, eruption, erysipelas, erythema,
     exanthem, heat rash, herpes, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, hives,
     impetigo, itch, jungle rot, leprosy, lichen, lichen primus, lupus,
     lupus vulgaris, miliaria, nettle rash, papular rash, pemphigus,
     pruigo, pruritus, psora, rash, ringworm, rupia, scabies, shingles,
     skin cancer, skin eruption, tetter, urticaria, vaccine rash