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Purpura

//ˈpɜːpjʊɹə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
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

Etymology

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

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