miliary
[mil-ee-er-ee, mil-yuh-ree]
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adjective
resembling millet seeds.
Pathology. accompanied by papules or vesicles resembling millet seeds: miliary fever.
Origin of miliary
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Contemporary Examples of miliary
The American-led miliary coalition denied the charges of abuse.
Obama's Pentagon Covered Up War Crimes in Afghanistan, Says Amnesty InternationalNico Hines, Sami Yousafzai
August 11, 2014
Historical Examples of miliary
This young woman's lungs are full of miliary tubercles—little round bodies the size of a millet seed.
The Faith DoctorEdward Eggleston
Nor are the cases of miliary tuberculosis, resulting from caseous degeneration of rachitical glands, very exceptional.
It may come from miliary aneurisms of the gastric arteries or from varicose veins in the wall of the stomach.
Especially in obscure cases should careful search be made for miliary aneurisms.
Miliary aneurisms have been found by Galliard and others as a cause of profuse and even fatal hemorrhage from the stomach.
miliary
adjective
Word Origin for miliary
C17: from Latin miliārius, from milium millet
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miliary
[mĭl′ē-ĕr′ē]
adj.
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