Look up: petechia

1. petechia
   [n] - 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)
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2. Petechia
   A small red or purple spot just under the skin, caused by blood leaking from a small broken blood vessel. People whose blood is not clotting properly may have many petechia in an area of the body. Looks like a rash of tiny red dots and is sometimes called pinprick bleeds or a purpural rash.
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3. petechia
   Small spot caused by leakage of blood under the skin.
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4. Petechia
   A small spot (usually red or purple) caused by extravasation of blood.
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5. petechia
   a pinpoint haemorrhage into the skin,usually around hair follicles Category: Medicine
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6. petechia
   (= petechiae (plural)) Small round red-purple spot, not raised and caused by intradermal haemorrhage.
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7. petechia
   A pinpoint, nonraised, perfectly round, purplish red spot caused by intradermal or submucous haemorrhage. ... Compare: ecchymosis. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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8. 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)
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9. petechia
   (pә-te´ke-ә) a minute, pinpoint, nonraised, perfectly round, purplish red spot caused by intradermal or submucous hemorrhage; it later turns blue or yellow. adj., pete´chial., adj.
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10. petechia
    (from the article `cardiovascular disease`) ...in a motionless upright position. In certain disease states there is increased fragility of the capillary wall, with resultant hemorrhages into ... [2 related articles]
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11. petechia
    a pinpoint, nonraised, perfectly round, purplish red spot caused by intradermal or submucous haemorrhage. Cf. ecchymosis.
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12. Petechia
    A petechia (ə; plural petechiae iː) is a small (1-2mm) red or purple spot on the body, caused by a minor hemorrhage (broken capillary blood vessels). "Petechiae" refers to one of the three major classes of purpuric skin conditions. Purpuric eruptions are classified by size into three broad catego...
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13. Petechia
    (pe-te'ke-ah) pl. petechiae (Italian. petechio) (perhaps from Latin. petigo - a rash) A punctate hemorrhagic spot less than 2 mm in diameter. (from the ILDS Committee on Nomenclature - R. Winkelmann, Chairman)
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