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purpura
[ pur-pyoor-uh ]
noun
- a disease characterized by purple or brownish-red spots on the skin or mucous membranes, caused by the extravasation of blood.
purpura
/ ˈ±èɜ˱èÂáÊŠ°ùÉ™ /
noun
- pathol any of several blood diseases causing purplish spots or patches on the skin due to subcutaneous bleeding
Derived Forms
- ˈ±è³Ü°ù±è³Ü°ù¾±³¦, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è³Ü°ù·±è³Ü·°ù¾±³¦ [pur-, pyoor, -ik], adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of purpura1
Example Sentences
The most celebrated was “purpura,†which turned into a fashion phenom made with secretions of certain mollusks.
She now suffers from bone problems, memory loss and has been diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenic purpura, a condition that causes the number of platelets in the blood to be reduced.
Romeo had complained of leg pains before he was diagnosed with purpura fulminans, a thrombotic condition that causes necrosis and blood coagulation.
Nicholas Thompson, the boy’s father, told the news outlet that doctors described the symptom as purpura, but couldn’t determine the type of bacteria causing it.
It occurred in February in a man in his 70s who recovered from Zika but succumbed to immune thrombocytopenic purpura, another type of autoimmune reaction.
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