petechial
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of petechial
From the New Latin word petechiālis, dating back to 1700–10. See petechia, -al 1
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“Did the US Marshal check for petechial hemorrhage in his eyes or under his lips that would have suggested suffocation? Did the US Marshal smell his breath for any unusual odor that might suggest poisoning?”
From Time ● Feb. 15, 2016
“I also developed a petechial rash: small red spots from my chest out to my arms,” Kent writes, clinically describing the progression of symptoms.
From Time ● Jul. 21, 2015
Under the first head belong the following names: Malignant purpuric fever; malignant purpura; pestilential purpura; petechial fever; spotted fever; febris nigra; black death, etc.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
He particularly insisted on the marked difference between the petechial eruption of typhus and the rose-colored eruption of typhoid fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Salicylic acid in medicinal doses frequently causes untoward symptoms, such as dizziness, transient delirium, diminution of vision, headache, and profuse perspiration; petechial eruptions and intense gastric symptoms have also been noticed.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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