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    PURPURA HEMORRHAGICA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factorsplay

    Synonyms:

    idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; purpura hemorrhagica; thrombocytopenic purpura; Werlhof's disease

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    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

    autoimmune disease; autoimmune disorder (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)

    peliosis; purpura (any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding)

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