n :  an inflammatory disorder of the skin characterized by redness, eruption, burning or itching, and the release of sweat in abnormal ways (as by the eruption of vesicles) due to blockage of the ducts of the sweat glands : esp  :  PRICKLY HEAT mil*i*ar*i*al adj 
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  ma·lar  ma·lar·ia  mil·i·ary   molar 
 
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