miliary
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mil·i·ar·y
(mĭl'ē-ĕr'ē) 
adj.
adj.
- Having the appearance of millet seeds.
- Pathology. Characterized by the presence of small skin lesions that have the size and appearance of millet seeds.
[From Middle English miliaris, miliari, skin disease characterized by miliary eruptions, from Medieval Latin miliāris, from Latin miliārius, of millet, from milium, millet. See millet.]
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miliary
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(mĭl'ē-ĕr'ē)
adj.
adj.
- Having the appearance of grains derived from haylike millet grass.
- Characterized by the presence of small skin lesions that have the size and appearance of millet seeds.
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miliary
1. like millet seeds.
2. characterized by the formation of lesions resembling millet seeds.
- m. bronchiolithiasis — see microlithiasis.
- m. dermatitis — see feline miliary dermatitis.
- m. tuberculosis — an acute form of tuberculosis in which minute tubercles are formed in a number of organs of the body, owing to dissemination of the bacilli throughout the body by the bloodstream.
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