Definitions for miliary

miliary mil·i·ar·y

Spelling: [mil-ee-er-ee, mil-yuh-ree]
IPA: /ˈmɪl iˌɛr i, ˈmɪl yə ri/

Miliary is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in miliary (aiilmry).

Definitions for miliary

adjective

  1. resembling millet seeds.
  2. Pathology. accompanied by papules or vesicles resembling millet seeds:

Origin of miliary

1675-85; Latin miliārius of millet, equivalent to mili(um) millet + -ārius -ary

Examples for miliary

Frequently the synovial membrane is studded with miliary tubercles and its cavity is filled with an abundant serous secretion.

miliary aneurisms have been found by Galliard and others as a cause of profuse and even fatal hemorrhage from the stomach.

Helomata of the miliary variety, usually appear on the sole of the foot and are, as a rule, as numerous as they are small.

Does the disease bear any resemblance to the miliary papular syphilide, psoriasis, and papular eczema?

This young woman's lungs are full of miliary tubercles—little round bodies the size of a millet seed.

The American-led miliary coalition denied the charges of abuse.

It may come from miliary aneurisms of the gastric arteries or from varicose veins in the wall of the stomach.

Especially in obscure cases should careful search be made for miliary aneurisms.

miliary, mil′yar-i, adj. like a millet-seed: having formations of the size of millet-seeds, as miliary glands.

Nor are the cases of miliary tuberculosis, resulting from caseous degeneration of rachitical glands, very exceptional.

Word Value for miliary
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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