What does "miliary" mean?
Miliary: (Med.) Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as, a miliary fever.
Additional senses
- 2.(Zoöl.) Small and numerous; as, the miliary tubercles of Echini.
- 3.One of the small tubercles of Echini.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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