PETECHIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: petechiae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("petechia" is a kind of...):

bruise; contusion (an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration)

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