miliary
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Etymology edit
From Latin miliārius, from milium.
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Adjective edit
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.
- a miliary eruption
- a miliary fever
- Small and numerous.
- the miliary tubercles of Echini
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Noun edit
miliary (plural miliaries)
- (zoology) One of the small tubercles of Echinus sea urchins.