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• Miliary fever — was a medical term in the past (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart s death report showed this term), used to indicate a general cause of infectious disease that cause an acute fever and skin rashes similar to the cereal grain called proso millet. After… …   Wikipedia

• miliary fever — noun epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality • Syn: ↑sweating sickness • Hypernyms: ↑infectious disease * * * noun : an epidemic disease characterized by fever, excessive sweating, and… …   Useful english dictionary

• Miliary — Mil ia*ry (?; 277), a. [L. miliarius, fr. milium millet: cf. F. miliaire.] [1913 Webster] 1. Like millet seeds; as, a miliary eruption. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as, a miliary fever. [1913 Webster] 3 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• miliary — /mil ee er ee, mil yeuh ree/, adj. 1. resembling millet seeds. 2. Pathol. accompanied by papules or vesicles resembling millet seeds: miliary fever. [1675 85; < L miliarius of millet, equiv. to mili(um) MILLET + arius ARY] * * * …   Universalium

• miliary — /ˈmɪljəri/ (say milyuhree) adjective 1. resembling a millet seed or seeds. 2. Pathology accompanied by spots (papules) or vesicles resembling millet seeds: miliary fever. {Latin miliārius of millet} …  

• Miliary tuberculosis — Classification and external resources Miliary tuberculosis is characterized by a chronic, contagious bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that has spread to other organs of the body by the blood or lymph system …   Wikipedia

• Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …   Medical dictionary

• Death of Mozart — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died at 1 AM on December 5, 1791, following a short illness. While the main outlines of Mozart s death are known, the full details are likely never to be made clear owing to conflicting or missing evidence. Areas of… …   Wikipedia

• Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — A 1789 portrait of Mozart in silverpoint by Doris Stock The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died at 1:00 am on 5 December 1791 at the age of 35, following a short illness. Contents …   Wikipedia

• infectious disease — noun a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: ↑communicable disease • Hyponyms: ↑AIDS, ↑acquired immune deficiency syndrome, ↑brucellosis, ↑undulant fever, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Miliaria — Mil i*a ri*a, n. [NL. See {Miliary}.] (Med.) A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English