purpura
purpura · purpuras
пурпура
The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when…The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.
/ˈpɜːpjʊɹə/
» He navigates his way through the gray rocks on a quest to catch a particular kind of snail, Purpura pansa.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.
пу́рпураpúrpura
More definitions
- any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding
Examples
1 sentencesHe navigates his way through the gray rocks on a quest to catch a particular kind of snail, Purpura pansa.
Translations
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By meaning 1
pathological condition:
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin purpura. Doublet of purple and purpure.Learned borrowing from Latin purpura. Doublet of purple and purpure.
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Forms
plural: purpurasSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding:peliosis
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
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