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A minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever)
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petechia
Word definitions for petechia in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A petechia , plural petechiae , is a small (1–2 mm) red or purple spot on the skin, caused by a minor bleed from broken capillary blood vessels . Petechia refers to one of the three descriptive types of bleeding into the skin differentiated by size, the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever) [also: petechiae (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Petechiae \Pe*tech"i*[ae]\, n. pl.; sing. Petechia . [NL., fr. LL. peteccia; cf. F. p['e]t['e]chie, It. petecchia, Sp. petequia, Gr. ? a label, plaster.] (Med.) Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
plural petechiae , "small crimson or purple spots on skin," c.1795 (from 1580s in English texts as an Italian word), Modern Latin, from Italian petecchia "specks or freckles on the face," in plural form petecchie "measles," of unknown origin. Related: Petechial ...
Usage examples of petechia.
The effects of scurvy were manifested on every hand, and in all its various stages, from the muddy, pale complexion, pale gums, feeble, languid muscular motions, lowness of spirits, and fetid breath, to the dusky, dirty, leaden complexion, swollen features, spongy, purple, livid, fungoid, bleeding gums, loose teeth, oedematous limbs, covered with livid vibices, and petechiae spasmodically flexed, painful and hardened extremities, spontaneous hemorrhages from mucous canals, and large, illconditioned, spreading ulcers covered with a dark purplish fungus growth.