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Noun

1. petechia

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)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Petechia

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noun plural -chiae (-kɪˌiː)
a minute discoloured spot on the surface of the skin or mucous membrane, caused by an underlying ruptured blood vessel

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Petechia

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nounWord forms: plural peˈtechiae (pəˈtikiˌi ; pətēˈkēēˌ)
a small hemorrhagic spot in the skin, mucous membrane, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Petechia

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n. pl. pe·te·chi·ae (-kē-ī′)
A small purplish spot on a body surface, such as the skin or a mucous membrane, caused by a minute hemorrhage and often seen in typhus.

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