miliary

[ mil-ee-er-ee, mil-yuh-ree ]

adjective

1. resembling millet seeds.
2. Pathology. accompanied by papules or vesicles resembling millet seeds:

   miliary fever.

miliary

/ ˈmɪljərɪ /

adjective

1. resembling or relating to millet seeds
2. (of a disease or skin eruption) characterized by small lesions resembling millet seeds

   miliary tuberculosis

Other Words From

• sub·mili·ary adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of miliary¹

1675–85; < Latin miliārius of millet, equivalent to mili ( um ) millet + -ārius -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of miliary¹

C17: from Latin miliārius, from milium millet

Example Sentences

The American-led miliary coalition denied the charges of abuse.

From The Daily Beast

Does the disease bear any resemblance to the miliary papular syphilide, psoriasis, and papular eczema?

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Autopsy revealed bronchopneumonia of the left lung and acute miliary abscess in the liver.

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Miliary eruptions were apt to come out about the eleventh day, especially in women.

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He never saw any miliary eruptions, and only sometimes petechiae, or small spots, or marbling as in measles.

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The first notice by Dr Johnstone is of a low miliary fever from Midsummer 1752 to the end of the year.

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