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PETECHIAE
PETECHIA
petechia
(noun) 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)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
petechiae
plural of petechia
Anagrams
• epithecae
Source: Wiktionary
Pe*tech"i*æ, n. pl.; sing. Petechia (. Etym: [NL., fr. LL. peteccia; cf. F. pétéchie, It. petecchia, Sp. petequia, Gr. (Med.)
Definition: Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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