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| pe·te·chi·a [ pe tkee ə ] (plural pe·te·chi·ae [ pe tkee ]) |
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tiny red spot on skin: a tiny purplish red spot on the skin caused by the release into the skin of a very small quantity of blood from a capillary
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| [Late 18th century. Via modern Latin< Italian petecchie "spots on the skin" < Latin impetigo (see impetigo)] |
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 pe·te·chi·al adjective |
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