PELIOSIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding

Synonyms:

peliosis; purpura

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("peliosis" is a kind of...):

blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peliosis"):

nonthrombocytopenic purpura (purpura resulting from a defect in the capillaries caused by bacteria or drugs)

idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; purpura hemorrhagica; thrombocytopenic purpura; Werlhof's disease (purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors)