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Definition of: miliary
(mil′ē·er′ē, mil′yə·rē) adjective
1. Like millet seeds.
2. Accompanied by a rash of pimples the size of a millet seed.
3. Pathol. Designating a form of tuberculosis caused by the discharge into one or more organs of minute bacillary tubercles originating elsewhere in the body. [<L miliarius <milium millet]
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