Purpura

//ˈpɜːpjʊɹə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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anemiabloodhemophilialeukemiapeliosissickle cell anemia

Example

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"He navigates his way through the gray rocks on a quest to catch a particular kind of snail, Purpura pansa."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura. Doublet of purple and purpure.

Related phrases

Henoch-Schönlein purpuraSchönlein-Henoch purpuraanaphylactoid purpurapurpura rheumaticathrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

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