sb. pl. Path. [mod.L., pl. of sūdāmen, f. sūdāre to sweat.] Minute whitish vesicles or pustules caused by the accumulation of sweat in the upper layers of the skin after copious perspiration, esp. in certain fevers.
1671. Salmon, Syn. Med., I. xlviii. 113. Ήιδρωα Sudamina the Measles are pustules like Millet-seed which ulcerate the Skin.
1844. Hoblyn, Dict. Terms Med. (ed. 2).
1862. H. W. Fuller, Dis. Lungs, 245. A vesicular eruption of sudamina.
1906. Daily Chron., 6 April, 5/5. Suffering from an outbreak of ‘sudamina,’ consequent on eating putrid meat.
Hence Sudaminal a., pertaining to or consisting of sudamina.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VII. 709. There is a great tendency to profuse sweating after fits, and this may lead to sudaminal rashes.
