petechiae Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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)
    petechia.

WordNet

Pe*tech"i*æ noun plural (Also<
  • Petechiae
  • Petechiæ
)
Etymology
NL., fr. LL. peteccia; cf. F. pétéchie, It. petecchia, Sp. petequia, Gr. a label, plaster.
Wordforms
singular Petechia
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc.

Webster 1913