Associations to the word «Petechia»

Wiktionary

PETECHIA, noun. A small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin

Dictionary definition

PETECHIA, noun. A minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever).

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.