also: あせぼ
prickly heat; heat rash; miliaria
Common skin condition in hot, humid weather, especially in babies and young children. The medical term is miliaria.
The baby got prickly heat around the neck.
In summer, prickly heat is itchy and bothersome.
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms are rare and mainly used in medical contexts.
Medical kanji spelling; also read あせぼ.
Alternate reading of the medical kanji spelling.
Rare kanji variant; 疣 means wart, but here it is used for the rash.
Compound of 汗 (あせ, sweat) and も, a suffix of uncertain origin that may be related to 物 (もの, thing) or a sound-symbolic element. The alternate reading あせぼ is a voiced variant.