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‖ petechia Path.|pɪˈtiːkɪə, -kɪiː|
usually in pl. petechiæ.
[mod.L., a. It. petecchia ‘a specke, or freckle or spot in ones face’, pl. petecchié ‘the meazels or Gods markes’ (Florio 1598); thence also F. pétéchie (1741 in Hatz.-Darm.). Ulterior history obscure: conjectures in Diez, Scheler, Littré; Hatz.-Darm. say ‘d'origine inconnue’.]
A small red or purple spot in the skin caused by extravasation of blood, occurring in certain fevers, etc.
[1582J. Hester Secr. Phiorav. iii. xvii. 32 This is the true and perfect Unction, that helpeth Petecchie, a disease so called in the Italian.] 1794–6E. Darwin Zoon. (1801) I. 434 Hence the oozing of blood from every part of the body, and the petechiæ in those fevers which are termed putrid. 1891C. Creighton Hist. Epidem. Brit. 588 There were small spots or petechiae like those often seen in the plague. |