Hypertext Webster Gateway: "petechia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Petechiae \Pe*tech"i*[ae]\, n. pl.; sing. {Petechia}. [NL., fr.
LL. peteccia; cf. F. p['e]t['e]chie, It. petecchia, Sp.
petequia, Gr. ? a label, plaster.] (Med.)
Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due
to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in
malignant fevers, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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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