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milium

American  
[mil-ee-uhm] / ˈmɪl i əm /

noun

Pathology.

plural

milia

  1. a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.

milium British  
/ ˈmɪlɪəm /

noun

  1. pathol a small whitish nodule on the skin, usually resulting from a clogged sebaceous gland

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Etymology

Origin of milium

1350–1400; Middle English mylium < New Latin, Latin: millet

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Milium consists in the formation of small, whitish or yellowish, rounded, pearly, non-inflammatory elevations situated in the upper part of the corium.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

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