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Petechia

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Petechias
possessive
Petechia's
pluralpossessive
Petechias'