The Collaborative International Dictionary
Petechial \Pe*tech"i*al\, a. [Cf. F. p['e]t['e]chial, LL. petecchialis.] (Med.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechi[ae]; spotted.
Petechial fever, a malignant fever, accompanied with livid spots on the skin.
Wiktionary
a. (context medicine English) characterised by, pertaining to, or resembling petechiae (small, nonraised haemorrhages on the skin)
Usage examples of "petechial".
The skin around the wrist was also blue and puffy, and on the underside of the forearm there appeared to be the aftermath of a petechial rash: at some point the boy had begun to hemorrhage into his skin.
In addition to the observations he made at the house, Meyer noted tiny petechial hemorrhages on the eyelids.
Meyer reported occasional scattered petechial hemorrhaging on the surface of each lung and the anterior surface of the heart.
The petechial hemorrhages on the insides of the eyelids as well as other places, coupled with the lack of substantial bleeding from the head wound, suggest that the strangulation was first, so that by the time of the head injury her heart was no longer pumping or was pumping only weakly.
The petechial hemorrhages under the eyelids are consistent with this finding.
There were cruel bruises and indentations on the flesh of her neck where the necktie had cut in, and she had the characteristic pinpoints of petechial hemorrhages on her face and in her eyes, which were common to strangulation victims.
There was petechial hemorrhaging in the eyes, which were frozen in fear.
There are also petechial haemorrhages, little pinpricks of blood in the whites of the eyes, eyelids, facial skin.
Sachs noticed right away there were no petechial hemorrhages on the inner surface of the eyelids.
Just the internal bruising, and the minute petechial hemorrhages in their eyes that the physicians missed in each case.
In the cases of strangulation, or asphyxia, one always sees petechial hemorrhages on the conjunctiva.
The petechial hemorrhages on the insides of the eyelids as well as other places, coupled with the lack of substantial bleeding from the head wound, suggest that the strangulation was first, so that by the time of the head injury her heart was no longer pumping or was pumping only weakly.
The petechial hemorrhages under the eyelids are consistent with this finding.
I notice petechial hemorrhages, dark areas of bleeding no bigger than pin pricks scattered over the heart and lungs.
Visible petechial hemorrhages in the girl's eyes and characteristic darkening of the skin.