miliary

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

adjective

resembling millet seeds.
Pathology. accompanied by papules or vesicles resembling millet seeds: miliary fever.

Origin of miliary

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

Other words from miliary

sub·mil·i·ar·y, adjective

Words Nearby miliary

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How to use miliary in a sentence

The American-led miliary coalition denied the charges of abuse.
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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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British Dictionary definitions for miliary

miliary

/ (ˈmɪljərɪ) /

adjective

resembling or relating to millet seeds
(of a disease or skin eruption) characterized by small lesions resembling millet seeds: miliary tuberculosis

Origin of miliary

C17: from Latin miliārius, from milium millet

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