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Webster 1913 Edition


Miliary

Mil′ia-ry

(?; 277)
,
Adj.
[L.
miliarius
, fr.
milium
millet: cf. F.
miliaire
.]
1.
Like millet seeds;
as, a
miliary
eruption
.
2.
(Med.)
Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds;
as, a
miliary
fever
.
3.
(Zool.)
Small and numerous;
as, the
miliary
tubercles of Echini
.

Mil′ia-ry

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
One of the small tubercles of Echini.

Webster 1828 Edition


Miliary

MIL'IARY

,
Adj.
[L.milium, millet.]
1.
Resembling millet seeds; as a miliary eruption; miliary glands. The miliary glands are the sebaceous glands of the skin.
2.
Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as a miliary fever.

Definition 2024


miliary

miliary

English

Adjective

miliary (comparative more miliary, superlative most miliary)

  1. Of or pertaining to millet seeds.
  2. (medicine) Having small lesions that are the shape and size of millet seeds.
    a miliary eruption
    a miliary fever
  3. Small and numerous.
    the miliary tubercles of Echini

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

miliary (plural miliaries)

  1. (zoology) One of the small tubercles of Echinus sea urchins.