petechia
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Modern Latin, from Italian petecchie ‘skin eruptions’, from a popular Latin diminutive of Latin petigo ‘scab, eruption’, itself from impetīgo.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /pɪˈtiːkɪə/
Noun [edit]
petechia (plural petechiae)
- a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin
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- 1973: It is scurvy. All my authorities agree – weakness, diffused muscular pain, petechia, tender gums, ill breath – and M’Alister has no doubt of it. — Patrick O’Brian, HMS Surprise
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Translations [edit]
a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin
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