purpura
noun
a disease characterized by purple or brownish-red spots on the skin or mucous membranes, caused by the extravasation of blood.
purpuric
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a word derived from
purpura.
Example Sentences
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Henoch's purpura, observed chiefly in children, resembles the above, with the erythema multiforme character and the œdematous swellings more pronounced, while the actual purpuric symptoms are less conspicuous.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
There are also sometimes found circumscribed ecchymoses or purpuric patches, while the edges of ulcers or open wounds are generally of a blackish or dirty yellow color.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Many of the hemorrhagic or purpuric conditions will show a hypotension.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
Confluence of the latter adds to the gravity; hemorrhagic and purpuric symptoms are in the highest degree portentous, and commonly indicate a fatal result.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Scarlatinoid and urticarial, and exceptionally purpuric; in rare instances, if drug is continued, eruption becomes vesicular, hemorrhagic, ulcerative and even gangrenous.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
