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

The lungs appeared to be full of small spots: miliary tuberculosis, an uncommon and dangerous form of the disease.

From New York Times

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

The chest X-ray above shows miliary tuberculosis - a form of TB where the disease has spread around the body in a manner that is said to look like a scattering of millet seeds.

From BBC

Acute miliary tuberculosis as an immediate concomitant of measles is rare.

From Project Gutenberg

An autopsy discovered that the cause of death was miliary tuberculosis, a rare form of the disease in which the TB bacilli spread through the bloodstream and infect multiple organs.

From Washington Post