What does "purpura" mean?

The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.

What is a synonym for "purpura"?

Common synonyms include: anemia, blood, hemophilia, imperial purple, leukemia, murex dye.

Pronounced //ˈpɜːpjʊɹə//.

/ˈpɜːpjʊɹə/ name, noun

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Noun

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
any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding wordnet

Proper Noun

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

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