petechia
noun
a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
petechiae
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pluralof petechia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But Strack said detectives commonly failed to document physical signs that the crime occurred, such as petechiae or drooping eyelids, which might support the felony charge.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2023
The specks, he learned, were called petechiae, from a 17th-century Italian word for freckles.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
In the autopsy report, Denton identified light blanching on the tip of Jayden's nose and tiny dots on his eyelids, cheeks and elsewhere — burst blood vessels called petechiae.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2022
But in August 2020, before her freshman year, Lam noticed spots popping up on her skin, called petechiae.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
It’s very possible that Nott, in reading about yellow fever epidemics from the past, had come across Rush’s mention of those little red spots on patients called petechiae that “resembled moscheto bites.”
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
