PETECHIA (petechiae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: petechiae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does petechia mean? 

• PETECHIA (noun)
  The noun PETECHIA has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: PETECHIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PETECHIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("petechia" is a kind of...):

bruise; contusion (an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration)