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Main Entry: purpura ful·mi·nans
Pronunciation: -'ful-m&-"nanz, -'f&l-
Function: noun
: purpura of an often severe progressive formespecially of children that is characterized by widespread necrosis of the skin and that is associated with a severe illness, results from an inherited or acquired defect of a certain biochemicalpathway, or is of unknown cause
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purpura fulminans purpura ful·mi·nans (fŭl'mə-nānz')
n.
A severe and fatal form of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura that occurs especially in children, usually following an infectious illness, and that is characterized by low blood pressure, fever, and disseminated intravascular coagulation.

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