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

Probably the most discouraging are the cases in which miliary tuberculosis is at work and conditions are about as unfavorable as possible.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

In 1856, Buhl50 first published his view, although he had for several years been impressed with the idea, that miliary tuberculosis was an infective disease resulting from the absorption of a specific virus.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various