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Tubercle vs Miliary - What's the difference?

tubercle | miliary |

As nouns the difference between tubercle and miliary

is that tubercle is (anatomy) a round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth while miliary is (zoology) one of the small tubercles of echinus sea urchins.

As an adjective miliary is

of or pertaining to millet seeds.

tubercle

English

(wikipedia tubercle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.
  • (botany) A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
  • (pathology) A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

    • Synonyms

    * tuberculum * tuberosity * eminence * nodule

    miliary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to millet seeds.
  • (medicine) Having small lesions that are the shape and size of millet seeds.
    • a miliary eruption
    a miliary fever
  • Small and numerous.
    • the miliary tubercles of Echini

    Derived terms

    *miliary abscess *miliary bronchiolithiasis *miliary dermatitis *miliary tuberculosis

    Noun

    (miliaries)
  • (zoology) One of the small tubercles of Echinus sea urchins.