purpura

[ pur-pyoor-uh ]

nounPathology.

a disease characterized by purple or brownish-red spots on the skin or mucous membranes, caused by the extravasation of blood.

Origin of purpura

1680–90; <New Latin, special use of Latin purpura.See purple

Other words from purpura

pur·pu·ric [pur-pyoor-ik], /pɜrˈpyʊər ɪk/, adjective

Words Nearby purpura

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How to use purpura in a sentence

Mixed with the dark purpura in different proportions, it furnished a variety of permanent tints.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
The purpura lapillus and Littorina litorea and rudis (periwinkles), so plentiful on this coast, are present.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold
Describe the clinical appearance and course of an individual lesion of purpura.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman Stelwagon
The lesion of purpura consists essentially of a hemorrhage into the cutaneous tissues.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Death from privation and from purpura and scurvy would certainly cease.
Hygeia, a City of Health | Benjamin Ward Richardson

British Dictionary definitions for purpura

purpura

/ (ˈpɜːpjʊrə) /

noun

pathol any of several blood diseases causing purplish spots or patches on the skin due to subcutaneous bleeding

Origin of purpura

C18: via Latin from Greek porphura a shellfish yielding purple dye

Derived forms of purpura

purpuric, adjective

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