milium

[ mil-ee-uhm ]

/ ˈmɪl i əm /

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noun, plural mil·i·a

[mil-ee-uh]. /ˈmɪl i ə/. Pathology.

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

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Origin of milium

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

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How to use milium in a sentence

The novel takes place mostly early in Milia's marriage to a gregarious but overmatched man named Mansour.
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Back to the coast and one comes to Rimini, the southern terminus of the Via milia.
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THE Via milia of antiquity is a wonder to-day, or would be if it were kept in a little better repair.
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Reggio in milia, passed on the road to Parma, is a snug little town, supposedly the birthplace of Ariosto.
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The Via milia divides the city, by means of the Strada Mstra, into two very nearly equal parts.
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Quattuor milia deditorum inermium civium in Circo interfici iussit.
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British Dictionary definitions for milium

milium

/ (ˈmɪlɪəm) /

noun plural -ia (-ɪə)

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

Word Origin for milium

C19: from Latin: millet

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