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Petechial
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pe⋅te⋅chi⋅a

  [pi-tee-kee-uh, -tek-ee-uh]
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–noun, plural -te⋅chi⋅ae  [-tee-kee-ee, -tek-ee-ee] . Pathology.
a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
Origin:
1575–85; < NL < It petecchia (in pl.) rash, spots on skin < VL *(im)petīcula, equiv. to L impetīc-, s. of impetīx, var. of impetīgō impetigo + -ula -ule
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pe·te·chi·a   (pə-tē'kē-ə)   
n.   pl. pe·te·chi·ae (-kē-ī')
A small purplish spot on a body surface, such as the skin or a mucous membrane, caused by a minute hemorrhage and often seen in typhus.

[New Latin, from Italian petecchie, pl. of petecchia, spot on skin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *petīcula, short for *impetīcula, diminutive of Latin impetīx, impetīc-, variant of impetīgō; see impetigo.]
pe·te'chi·al adj., pe·te'chi·ate (-ĭt) adj.
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Main Entry: pe·te·chia
Pronunciation: p&-'tE-kE-&
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pe·te·chi·ae /-kE-"I/
: a minute reddish or purplish spot containing blood that appears in skin or mucous membrane especially in some infectious diseases (as typhoid fever) —compare ECCHYMOSIS
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petechia pe·te·chi·a (pə-tē'kē-ə)
n. pl. pe·te·chi·ae (-kē-ī')
A small purplish spot on a body surface, such as the skin or a mucous membrane, caused by a minute hemorrhage and often seen in typhus.

pe·te'chi·al adj.

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