milium

American

[mil-ee-uhm] / ˈmɪl i əm /

noun

Pathology.

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

milium British

/ ˈmɪlɪəm /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

milia

plural

Etymology

Origin of milium

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

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No. It can scarcely be confounded with milium, as in this latter disease the lesion has no open outlet, no black point, and the contents cannot be squeezed out.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

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