miliary
Americanadjective
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resembling millet seeds.
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Pathology. accompanied by papules or vesicles resembling millet seeds.
miliary fever.
adjective
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resembling or relating to millet seeds
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(of a disease or skin eruption) characterized by small lesions resembling millet seeds
miliary tuberculosis
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of miliary
1675–85; < Latin miliārius of millet, equivalent to mili ( um ) millet + -ārius -ary
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“It’s overwhelmingly a blue-collar victory,” she said, pointing to clients in the miliary or trades with stable incomes and careers who typically live outside of high-cost-of-living areas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Japan has been accelerating its miliary buildup as it stresses the need to fortify its deterrence against growing threats.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
And a senior Ukrainian military official said like the Russian miliary, Ukraine had lost some of its best officers and soldiers in the first months of the conflict.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
He also mused that perhaps the transatlantic miliary alliance could one day welcome Brazil.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2019
The same organisms were found in tubercles produced by the inoculation of tubercles from man, and he regarded these rod-shaped bodies as the specific element productive of miliary tuberculosis.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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