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miliary tuberculosis
noun
, Pathology.
- tuberculosis in which the bacilli are spread by the blood from one point of infection, producing small tubercles in other parts of the body.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of miliary tuberculosis1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences
Acute miliary tuberculosis of the lungs is more often met with as a sequela than as a complication.
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Acute miliary tuberculosis is also an occasional complication, but is oftener met with as a sequel.
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Acute miliary tuberculosis as an immediate concomitant of measles is rare.
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The liver is seldom attacked by tubercle, unless in cases of general miliary tuberculosis.
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Nor are the cases of miliary tuberculosis, resulting from caseous degeneration of rachitical glands, very exceptional.
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