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Petechia

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

	Petechiae \Pe*tech"i*[ae]\, n. pl.; sing. Petechia. [NL., fr.
   LL. peteccia; cf. F. p['e]t['e]chie, It. petecchia, Sp.
   petequia, Gr. pitta`kion a label, plaster.] (Med.)
   Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due
   to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in
   malignant fevers, etc.
   [1913 Webster]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0

	petechia
     n : 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)
     [also: petechiae (pl)]

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