Associations to the word «Miliary»

Wiktionary

MILIARY, adjective. Of or pertaining to millet seeds.
MILIARY, adjective. (medicine) Having small lesions that are the shape and size of millet seeds.
MILIARY, adjective. Small and numerous.
MILIARY, noun. (zoology) One of the small tubercles of Echinus sea urchins.
MILIARY ABSCESSES, noun. (pathology) (pluralonly) Multiple embolic abscesses
MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS, noun. (pathology) A form of tuberculosis that is characterized by a wide dissemination into the human body and by the tiny size of the lesions (1-5 mm).

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