MILIUM (milia)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: milia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does milium mean? 

• MILIUM (noun)
  The noun MILIUM has 1 sense:

1. a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland

  Familiarity information: MILIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

milium; whitehead

Hypernyms ("milium" is a kind of...):

blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))

Holonyms ("milium" is a part of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)