petechia : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: petechia	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for petechia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Petechi91 \[d8]Petech"i[91]\, n. pl.; sing. {Petechia}. [NL., fr. LL. peteccia; cf. F. p[82]t[82]chie, It. petecchia, Sp. petequia, Gr. [?] 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.