adjective
- relating to or resembling millet seeds, especially describing small nodular lesions
Usage: medical
Examples
- The chest X-ray showed milliary tuberculosis with tiny nodules throughout both lungs.
- Milliary lesions appeared as small, seed-like spots on the imaging scan.
- The doctor diagnosed milliary pneumonia based on the characteristic pattern.
- Milliary nodules were scattered across the patient’s lung tissue.
- The milliary appearance suggested widespread infection.
- Treatment for milliary TB requires extended antibiotic therapy.