1. Surroundings; environment. 2. In psychiatry, the social setting of the mental patient, e.g., the family setting or a hospital unit. [Fr. mi, fr. L. medius, middle, + lieu, fr. L. locus, place]
- m. intérieur, m. interne the internal environment; the fluids bathing the tissue cells of multicellular animals.
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mi·lieu mēl-'yə(r), -'yü; 'mēl-.yü, mē-lyǣ n, pl milieus or mi·lieux -'yə(r)(z), -'yüz; -.yü(z), -lyǣ( ENVIRONMENT
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mi·lieu (mēl-yooґ) [Fr.] surroundings; environment.Medical dictionary. 2011.