[ 'pə:pjʊrə ]
■ noun Medicine a rash of purple spots on the skin caused by internal bleeding from small blood vessels.
Derivatives
purpuric -'pjʊərɪk adjective
Origin
C18: from L., from Gk porphura 'purple'.
[ 'pə:pjʊrə ]
■ noun Medicine a rash of purple spots on the skin caused by internal bleeding from small blood vessels.
Derivatives
purpuric -'pjʊərɪk adjective
Origin
C18: from L., from Gk porphura 'purple'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004