MILIUM

whitehead, milium

(noun) a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

milium (plural milia)

(dermatology) A keratin-filled cyst that can appear just under the epidermis or on the roof of the mouth.

Synonyms

• milk spot

• oil seed

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

6 May 2025

HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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