miliary tuberculosis

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. tuberculosis in which the bacilli are spread by the blood from one point of infection, producing small tubercles in other parts of the body.

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Etymology

Origin of miliary tuberculosis

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Wolfe, who died of miliary tuberculosis at the age of 37, was a North Carolina native who drew heavily on his own life to write his poetic prose.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2016

Untreated, both meningeal and miliary tuberculosis commonly kill within two or three months, and about one-third of the victims get only temporary help from streptomycin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another shipment of Nydrazid was sent to Tuba City, where Dr. Charles Clark found, among the unhappy Navajos, all too many cases of both meningeal and miliary tuberculosis.

From Time Magazine Archive

It must not be forgotten that acute miliary tuberculosis by no means rarely accompanies an advanced tuberculosis of long standing.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

It sometimes acts like miliary tuberculosis of the lungs, and this is quite frequent in oxen.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson