milium

American  

[mil-ee-uhm] / ˈmɪl i əm /

noun

Pathology.

plural

milia

1. a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.

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milium British  

/ ˈmɪlɪəm /

noun

1. pathol a small whitish nodule on the skin, usually resulting from a clogged sebaceous gland

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Etymology

Origin of milium

1350–1400; Middle English mylium < New Latin, Latin: millet

Example Sentences

Tiny white bumps that occur mostly on the face, especially around the eyes, milia are basically pores that are clogged with sebum and oil and have a layer of skin that has grown over them.

From Washington Post

Skin imperfections are revealed to have names—papules, pustules, milia, cysts—and to respond to certain treatments.

From The New Yorker

He was joined by numerous bands of armed Italians from the provinces of Liguria, Venetia, and �milia, who had been roused by his manifesto into new hope and new resolve.

From Project Gutenberg

Livy narrates an incident which illustrates this development and bears interestingly upon the character of �milia and the history of Cornelia.

From Project Gutenberg

From Tuscany, as we have seen, the Huns of Justinian were already devastating Picenum and the country as far as the �milia.

From Project Gutenberg