petechian.

Brit.

/pᵻˈtiːkɪə/, U.S.

/pəˈtikiə/

Inflections: Plural petechiae.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin petechia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin petechia (1589 or earlier) < Italian petecchia (a1512), further etymology uncertain, perhaps shortened < an unattested post-classical Latin diminutive formation (in -cula -cule suffix) < post-classical Latin impetic- , impetix (late 8th cent.), variant of classical Latin impetīgo impetigo n. Compare French pétéchie (1704; 1573 in an isolated attestation in Middle French as peteche).Compare earlier use of Italian petecchie, plural of petecchia, in an English context:1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes iii. xvii. 32 This is the true and perfect Unction, that helpeth Petecchie, a disease so called in the Italian.

Medicine.

A small, flat, red or purple spot caused by bleeding into the skin or other organ. Usually in plural. In early use also: †a disease characterized by such lesions; a petechial fever (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark > caused by extravasation

ecchymosis?1541

petechia1616

stigma1661

vibex1771

extravasation1835

stria1853

1616 J. Cotta Triall Witch-craft ii. 9 Who that is the least practised in Physicke, doth not assuredly know, when, with his eyes he doth behold an inflammation,..Leprosie, Psora, Struma, Petechia, Variola, Iaundes,..and the like.

1682 J. Partridge tr. A. von Mynsicht Thesaurus & armamentarium medico-chymicum i. 37 By the Grace of God I have given it [sc. bezoar potabile] with wonderful success among the infected, in acute Diseases, the Plague, Petechia, poisonous Draughts, &c.

1700 J. Jones Myst. Opium Reveal'd xxxvii. 355 Mayern gives an Instance of a Physician who had all Signs of Death, Petechiæ, a Carbuncle, &c. who recovered by taking Laudanum 6 times a day.

1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 119 The Petechiæ or Malignant Spots, which are at all times, as is well known, very dangerous, did especially in this Contagion rage violently.

1794–6 E. Darwin Zoonomia (1801) I. 434 Hence the oozing of blood from every part of the body, and the petechiæ in those fevers which are termed putrid.

1891 C. Creighton Hist. Epidemics Brit. 588 There were small spots or petechiae like those often seen in the plague.

1947 W. P. Blount Dis. Poultry 502 The main post-mortem lesion being an oedematous pneumonia, sometimes with a few petechiae on the surface of the heart.

1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 8 July 8/2 Three patients showing petechial hemorrhages following angiography are presented.

1996 T. Clancy Executive Orders xi. 157 They were called petechiae, a scientific name for blotches of subcutaneous bleeding, which showed up very plainly on her pale north European skin.

2003 Amer. Jrnl. Forensic Med. & Pathol. 24 364 Inspection of the rest homes, together with the autopsy findings (acute pulmonary emphysema, conjunctival petechiae, and dark, fluid blood), enabled identification of asphyxia as the cause of death and its causal agent as the bed bars.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petechia
释义	petechian. Brit. /pᵻˈtiːkɪə/, U.S. /pəˈtikiə/ Inflections: Plural petechiae. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin petechia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin petechia (1589 or earlier) < Italian petecchia (a1512), further etymology uncertain, perhaps shortened < an unattested post-classical Latin diminutive formation (in -cula -cule suffix) < post-classical Latin impetic- , impetix (late 8th cent.), variant of classical Latin impetīgo impetigo n. Compare French pétéchie (1704; 1573 in an isolated attestation in Middle French as peteche).Compare earlier use of Italian petecchie, plural of petecchia, in an English context:1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes iii. xvii. 32 This is the true and perfect Unction, that helpeth Petecchie, a disease so called in the Italian. Medicine. A small, flat, red or purple spot caused by bleeding into the skin or other organ. Usually in plural. In early use also: †a disease characterized by such lesions; a petechial fever (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark > caused by extravasation ecchymosis?1541 petechia1616 stigma1661 vibex1771 extravasation1835 stria1853 1616 J. Cotta Triall Witch-craft ii. 9 Who that is the least practised in Physicke, doth not assuredly know, when, with his eyes he doth behold an inflammation,..Leprosie, Psora, Struma, Petechia, Variola, Iaundes,..and the like. 1682 J. Partridge tr. A. von Mynsicht Thesaurus & armamentarium medico-chymicum i. 37 By the Grace of God I have given it [sc. bezoar potabile] with wonderful success among the infected, in acute Diseases, the Plague, Petechia, poisonous Draughts, &c. 1700 J. Jones Myst. Opium Reveal'd xxxvii. 355 Mayern gives an Instance of a Physician who had all Signs of Death, Petechiæ, a Carbuncle, &c. who recovered by taking Laudanum 6 times a day. 1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 119 The Petechiæ or Malignant Spots, which are at all times, as is well known, very dangerous, did especially in this Contagion rage violently. 1794–6 E. Darwin Zoonomia (1801) I. 434 Hence the oozing of blood from every part of the body, and the petechiæ in those fevers which are termed putrid. 1891 C. Creighton Hist. Epidemics Brit. 588 There were small spots or petechiae like those often seen in the plague. 1947 W. P. Blount Dis. Poultry 502 The main post-mortem lesion being an oedematous pneumonia, sometimes with a few petechiae on the surface of the heart. 1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 8 July 8/2 Three patients showing petechial hemorrhages following angiography are presented. 1996 T. Clancy Executive Orders xi. 157 They were called petechiae, a scientific name for blotches of subcutaneous bleeding, which showed up very plainly on her pale north European skin. 2003 Amer. Jrnl. Forensic Med. & Pathol. 24 364 Inspection of the rest homes, together with the autopsy findings (acute pulmonary emphysema, conjunctival petechiae, and dark, fluid blood), enabled identification of asphyxia as the cause of death and its causal agent as the bed bars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1616
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