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heat rash


heat rash

noun

medical : a skin rash that people sometimes get during hot weather

Full Definition of HEAT RASH

:  prickly heat
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First Known Use of HEAT RASH

1887

Rhymes with HEAT RASH

abash, backlash, backslash, backsplash, bone ash, calash, Chumash, cold cash, czardas, encash, eyelash, fly ash, gate-crash, goulash, green flash, hot flash, Lagash, mishmash, mustache, panache, potash, rehash, slapdash, soutache, stramash, tongue-lash, unlash, Wabash, whiplash, white ash

heat rash

noun    (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of HEAT RASH

: prickly heat

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