1. resembling or suggesting millet seeds in size or appearance
Usage: medical
2. characterized by small lesions or eruptions resembling millet seeds
Usage: medical

Examples

• The chest X-ray showed miliary tuberculosis with tiny nodules throughout both lungs.
• Miliary lesions appeared on the patient’s skin after the infection spread.
• The doctor identified the miliary pattern on the scan as characteristic of the disease.
• Miliary fever produces small, seed-like bumps on the affected areas.
• The pathologist noted miliary changes in the tissue sample under examination.
• Treatment for miliary tuberculosis requires intensive antibiotic therapy.