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milium

[ mil-ee-uhm ]

noun

Pathology.
plural milia
  1. a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.


milium

/ ˈ³¾Éª±ôɪə³¾ /

noun

  1. pathol a small whitish nodule on the skin, usually resulting from a clogged sebaceous gland
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of milium1

1350–1400; Middle English mylium < New Latin, Latin: millet
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of milium1

C19: from Latin: millet
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Tiny white bumps that occur mostly on the face, especially around the eyes, milia are basically pores that are clogged with sebum and oil and have a layer of skin that has grown over them.

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Skin imperfections are revealed to have names—papules, pustules, milia, cysts—and to respond to certain treatments.

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Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the �milia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.

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Scipio, on his return home, told his wife �milia that he had concluded a match for her younger daughter.

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From Tuscany, as we have seen, the Huns of Justinian were already devastating Picenum and the country as far as the �milia.

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