Definition of Petecheae

Definition of Petecheae

||Pe*tech"i*æ (?), n. pl.; sing. Petechia (&?;). [NL., fr. LL. peteccia; cf. F. pétéchie, It. petecchia, Sp. petequia, Gr. &?; a label, plaster.] (Med.) Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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