What does miliary mean?
Miliary means Of or pertaining to millet seeds..
Miliary
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Of or pertaining to millet seeds..
Definitions by Sense
- Of or pertaining to millet seeds.
- (medicine) Having small lesions that are the shape and size of millet seeds.
- Small and numerous.
- (zoology) One of the small tubercles of Echinus sea urchins.
Example Sentences
a miliary eruption
a miliary fever
the miliary tubercles of Echini
Synonyms for miliary
Antonyms for miliary
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Word Forms
- more miliary
- most miliary
- miliaries
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a miliary eruption
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