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purpura en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɜːpjʊɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura. Doublet of purple and purpure.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.

Forms

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purpuras Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

purpurous · Schönlein-Henoch purpura · Henoch-Schönlein purpura · anaphylactoid purpura · purpura rheumatica · purpuric · thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Translations (10)

tr purpura (pathological condition) · bg пурпура (pathological condition) · cmn 紫癜 (pathological condition) · fi purpura (pathological condition) · es púrpura (pathological condition) · pt púrpura (pathological condition) · pl purpura (pathological condition) · pl plamica (pathological condition) · fr purpura (pathological condition) · ru пу́рпура (pathological condition)