MILIARY

Etymology

Adjective

miliary (comparative more miliary, superlative most miliary)

Of or pertaining to millet seeds.

(medicine) Having small lesions that are the shape and size of millet seeds.

Small and numerous.

Noun

miliary (plural miliaries)

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

Source: Wiktionary


Mil"ia*ry, a. Etym: [L. miliarius, fr. milium millet: cf. F. miliaire.]

1. Like millet seeds; as, a miliary eruption.

2. (Med.)

Definition: Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as, a miliary fever.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Small and numerous; as, the miliary tubercles of Echini.

Mil"ia*ry, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the small tubercles of Echini.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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