Definition

1. Noun:
   • Prickly heat: A common skin condition, especially in infants and young children, characterized by a rash of small, red, itchy bumps caused by blocked sweat ducts during hot, humid weather.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trời nóng khiến em bé bị nổi rôm sảy. (Hot weather causes the baby to get prickly heat.)
  • Mẹ tắm lá khế cho con để trị rôm sảy. (My mother bathes me with star fruit leaves to treat prickly heat.)
  • Nắng lên là mình đầy rôm sảy. (To get prickly heat all over one's body as soon as the hot weather has set in.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "rôm sảy" is often used in a general sense to refer to common heat rash. In more formal or medical contexts, it may be specified as "phát ban nhiệt" (heat rash).

Variants and Related Words

• Rôm (n): A more colloquial, shortened form of "rôm sảy," referring to the same condition.
  • Con bị rôm ở lưng. (The child has prickly heat on his back.)

Synonyms

• Heat rash: The direct English equivalent.
• Miliaria: The medical term for prickly heat.

Related Idioms

• While there is no common idiom directly using "rôm sảy," the condition is frequently mentioned in expressions describing discomfort from hot weather, such as "nóng nổi rôm" (so hot it brings out prickly heat).

1. Prickly heat
   • Nắng lên là mình đầy rôm sảy
     To get prickly heat all over one's body as soon as the hot weather has set in