PETECHIA


Meaning of PETECHIA in English

[pe.te.chia] n, pl -chi.ae [NL, fr. It petecchia, ultim. fr. L impetigo] (ca. 1796): a minute reddish or purplish spot containing blood that appears in skin or mucous membrane esp. in some infectious diseases (as typhoid fever) -- pe.te.chi.al adj

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