heat rash
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- noun
- /hit ræʃ/
:
erupción por calor
- Then we returned to the road where the hot, melting asphalt caused heat rashes on our feet and legs.
- prevent a heat rash
- develop a heat rash
- get a heat rash
Examples
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To relieve a heat rash, apply cool compresses to soothe the irritated skin.
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Let's hope it's just a heat rash.
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I've got a heat rash or something.
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One of his powders was good for heat rash.
Fiction book (1991) -
By nightfall, his body has developed a heat rash across its chest.
Fiction book (1995) -
My oldest got a really bad heat rash at 6 months that turned into a diaper rash that would not go away.
Blog text (30) -
During the summer, he often gets a heat rash when working outside in the humid weather.
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After spending the day at the beach, she noticed a heat rash on her back due to the heat and sweat.
Synonyms
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A skin rash with small itchy red spots in hot, wet weather
A skin rash of small itchy spots caused by blocked sweat pores in hot weather
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from the constituent words: 'heat' (high temperature) + 'rash' (red, itchy skin spots) clearly indicates a rash caused by heat. This compositional biomedical concept is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Heat rash comes from a simple image: when the skin gets very hot and sweaty, the sweat ducts can become blocked and the skin forms tiny red bumps. So the parts heat (hot conditions) and rash (skin irritation) explain why it means 'a skin irritation caused by blocked sweat ducts'.