Miliary vs Ciliary - What's the difference?
miliary | ciliary |
Of or pertaining to millet seeds.
(medicine) Having small lesions that are the shape and size of millet seeds.
Small and numerous.
(zoology) One of the small tubercles of Echinus sea urchins.
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a cilium
Of or pertaining to eyelashes .
As adjectives the difference between miliary and ciliary
is that miliary is of or pertaining to millet seeds while ciliary is of or pertaining to a cilium.As a noun miliary
is one of the small tubercles of Echinus sea urchins.miliary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a miliary eruption
- a miliary fever
- the miliary tubercles of Echini
Derived terms
*miliary abscess *miliary bronchiolithiasis *miliary dermatitis *miliary tuberculosisNoun
(miliaries)ciliary
English
Adjective
(-)- ciliary muscles
