/pi tee"kee euh, -tek"ee euh/ , n. , pl. petechiae /-tee"kee ee', -tek"ee ee'/ . Pathol.
a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
[ 1575-85; petecchia (in pl.) rash, spots on skin im ) peticula, equiv. to L impetic-, s. of impetix, var. of IMPETIGO IMPETIGO + -ula -ULE ]