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Miliary  adj.  
1.
Like millet seeds; as, a miliary eruption.
2.
(Med.) Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as, a miliary fever.
3.
(Zool.) Small and numerous; as, the miliary tubercles of Echini.






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... producing small nodules in many places. In rare cases distribution by the blood is the principal method of extension, and immense numbers of small foci of disease are produced, the form of disease being known as acute miliary tuberculosis. Although the bacilli are distributed everywhere, certain organs, as the brain and muscles, are usually exempt, because in these the conditions are not favorable to further growth of the bacilli. Tuberculosis, although frequently a very acute disease, is usually one of the best ...
— Disease and Its Causes • William Thomas Councilman



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