miliary

1. Having the appearance of millet seeds.
2. 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.]

1. Having the appearance of grains derived from haylike millet grass.
2. Characterized by the presence of small skin lesions that have the size and appearance of millet seeds.

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.