Petechia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pɪˈtiːkɪə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Petechia is a noun meaning (medicine) A small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin.
Meaning
(medicine) A small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin.
Example Sentences
It is scurvy. All my authorities agree – weakness, diffused muscular pain, petechia, tender gums, ill breath – and M’Alister has no doubt of it.
The marks on Jane's skin were petechiae, little hemorrhages that indicate lack of platelets in the blood. She needed two units of platelets transfused into her bloodstream.
Word Forms
- petechiae
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include petechiation, purpura, telangiectasia, ecchymosis, bleed, telangiectesia.
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