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prickly heat
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prickly heat
(noun)
prickly heat
noun
prickly heat
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PRICKLY HEAT
[
noncount
]
medical
:
a skin rash that people sometimes get during hot weather
:
heat rash
suffering from
prickly heat
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