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PURPURA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding

Synonyms:

peliosis; purpura

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "purpura"):

nonthrombocytopenic purpura (purpura resulting from a defect in the capillaries caused by bacteria or drugs)

idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; purpura hemorrhagica; thrombocytopenic purpura; Werlhof's disease (purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors)

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 Context examples: 

Vasculitis due to allergic reaction, marked by such cutaneous lesions as papules, macules, vesicles, urticarial wheals, purpura, and small ulcers, and accompanied by itching and usually a slight fever and malaise.

(Allergic Cutaneous Angiitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)