petechial
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of petechial
From the New Latin word petechiālis, dating back to 1700–10. See petechia, -al 1
Example Sentences
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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
A petechial eruption was observed, in some instances, between the fourth and seventh days.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
What Fracastorius did for syphilis, Caius did for the sweating sickness, and Mercado for petechial typhus.
From Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 by Allbutt, Sir Thomas Clifford
In the sea-scurvy and petechial fever the veins do not perfectly perform this office of absorption; and hence the vibices are occasioned by blood stagnating at their extremities, or extravasated into the cellular membrane.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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