miliary
resembling millet seeds.
Pathology. accompanied by papules or vesicles resembling millet seeds: miliary fever.
Origin of miliary
1Other words from miliary
- sub·mil·i·ar·y, adjective
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How to use miliary in a sentence
The American-led miliary coalition denied the charges of abuse.
Obama's Pentagon Covered Up War Crimes in Afghanistan, Says Amnesty International | Nico Hines, Sami Yousafzai | August 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDoes the disease bear any resemblance to the miliary papular syphilide, psoriasis, and papular eczema?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonAutopsy revealed bronchopneumonia of the left lung and acute miliary abscess in the liver.
miliary eruptions were apt to come out about the eleventh day, especially in women.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles CreightonHe never saw any miliary eruptions, and only sometimes petechiae, or small spots, or marbling as in measles.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles Creighton
The first notice by Dr Johnstone is of a low miliary fever from Midsummer 1752 to the end of the year.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles Creighton
British Dictionary definitions for miliary
/ (ˈmɪljərɪ) /
resembling or relating to millet seeds
(of a disease or skin eruption) characterized by small lesions resembling millet seeds: miliary tuberculosis
Origin of miliary
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