单词 | miliaria |
释义 | † miliarian.1 Obsolete. A bird that feeds on millet; perhaps the linnet, Acanthis cannabina, or the corn bunting, Emberiza calandra. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Miliaria, a Bird that feeds upon Millet, a Linnet. 1890 Cent. Dict. Miliaria, an old name of the corn-bunting, Emberiza miliaria. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). miliarian.2 Medicine. Originally: any disease characterized by the presence of a miliary skin rash. Later: spec. (frequently with distinguishing scientific Latin or English word) any of several types of skin rash resulting from superficial obstruction or disruption of sweat glands; esp. one characterized by vesicles on an erythematous base and accompanied by pruritus or a sensation of prickling (also called prickly heat). Cf. sudamina n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > miliary fever miliary fever1726 miliaria1771 millet-rash1822 millet-seed rash1892 1771 W. Grant Enq. Nature, Rise, & Progress Fevers 338 The delirium and miliaria went off, and he had evidently a better day and a worse, alternately. 1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 399 Exanthemata..miliaria, urticaria,..and variola vaccina. 1843 Lancet 15 July 539/2 In this state the congested dermis shining through the colourless fluid gives them a pinkish hue, and occasions the distinction implied in the term miliaria rubra. 1877 L. A. Duhring Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 230 Miliaria is an acute, inflammatory disorder of the sweat glands. 1891 F. Taylor Man. Pract. Med. (ed. 2) 878 According to Crocker, the strophulus..of children is nothing more than miliaria, consequent upon sweating from too much wrapping up. 1952 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 29 Mar. 1097 (title) Pustular miliaria: sweat retention phenomenon complicating common dermatoses. 1965 Arch. Environmental Health 11 460/1 Miliaria is the generic designation now used for these diseases which occur when the free flow of eccrine sweat to the surface is impeded, and sweat is retained in the skin. 1989 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 126/1 Most cases of miliaria occur in extremely hot weather. 2004 Clin. & Exper. Dermatol. 29 32 Drop-like, transient blisters of miliaria crystallina may develop with focal intensity of heat within the skin, such as occurs in tropical climates or during febrile episodes. Derivatives miliˈarial adj. characteristic of or resembling miliaria. ΚΠ 1922 Brit. Jrnl. Children's Dis. 19 23 Miliarial sweat-rash. 1969 Arch. Dermatol. 100 463/1 Miliarial lesions or tumors may be dispersed over several areas of the body. 1987 Pediatrics 79 786/1 Medical attention was sought for a 23-month-old toddler because of anorexia..and a miliarial rash. 1991 Acta Dermato-venereologica 71 334 The disseminated, miliarial type of lymphocytoma cutis is a clinicopathologic subtype of lymphocytoma, characterized by multiple, 1-2 mm translucent asymptomatic papules located in the exposed areas of the head and neck. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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