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PETECHIA
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Irregular inflected form: petechiae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("petechia" is a kind of...):
bruise; contusion (an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration)
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