petechia

English
A rash featuring petechiae

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from Italian petecchie (“skin eruptions”), probably from a popular Latin diminutive of petigo (“scab, eruption”) (from impetīgo).

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  • IPA(key): /pɪˈtiːkɪə/

Noun

petechia (plural petechiae)

  1. A small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin
    • 1973, Patrick O’Brian, HMS Surprise:
      It is scurvy. All my authorities agree – weakness, diffused muscular pain, petechia, tender gums, ill breath – and M’Alister has no doubt of it.

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