It is scurvy. All my authorities agree – weakness, diffused muscular pain, petechia, tender gums, ill breath – and M’Alister has no doubt of it.
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Petechia
//pɪˈtiːkɪə//
Synonyms for "petechia" (35 found)
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Translations
11 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- petèquia noun (a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin)
Finnish
1 entries- petekkia noun (a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin)
French
1 entries- pétéchie noun (a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin)
Galician
1 entries- petequia noun (a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin)
German
1 entries- Petechien noun (a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin)
Portuguese
1 entries- petéquia noun (a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin)
Russian
2 entries- петехия noun (a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin)
- точечное кровоизлияние noun (a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin)
Spanish
1 entries- petequia noun (a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin)
Turkish
1 entries- peteşi noun (a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пете́хія noun (a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The marks on Jane's skin were petechiae, little hemorrhages that indicate lack of platelets in the blood. She needed two units of platelets transfused into her bloodstream.
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