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