petechia in English
noun
1
a small red or purple spot caused by bleeding into the skin.
Bruising, petechiae , epistaxis, bleeding gums, excessive menses, retinal hemorrhages, intestinal bleeding, and rarely cerebral hemorrhage may occur as manifestations of the thrombocytopenia.
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1. Contusion: 1 n an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration Synonyms: bruise Types: ecchymosis the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise petechia a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever) black eye ,