Petechia

Definition: Petechia

Petechia

Noun

1. 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).

Domain	Definitions
Health	A pinpoint, nonraised, perfectly round, purplish red spot caused by intradermal or submucous haemorrhage. (references)
Medicine	A pinpoint haemorrhage into the skin, usually around hair follicles. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: Petechia

English words defined with "petechia": Dendroica petechia. (references)

Expression using "petechia": Dendroica petechia. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "petechia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		petekkie, petecchie. (various references)

Dutch		petechiae, petechiën. (various references)

Finnish		petekia, hiussuonipurkauma. (various references)

French		pétéchies, pétéchie. (various references)

German		Petechie. (various references)

Greek		πετέχεια. (various references)

Italian		petecchia (petechiae). (various references)

Pig Latin		etechiapay

Portuguese		petéquias. (various references)

Spanish		petequia. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "petechia": petechiae, petechial. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-p-t"
	-1 letter: aphetic, cheapie, hepatic.
	-2 letters: apiece, haptic, hepcat, phatic, techie, thecae.
	-3 letters: aitch, chape, chapt, cheap, cheat, cheep, epact, etape, ethic, patch, peace, peach, piece, pieta, pitch, tache, teach, theca.
	-4 letters: ache, cape, caph, cate, cepe, cete, chap, chat, chia, chip, chit, cite, each, eath, eche, epha, epic, etch, etic, haet, hate, heap, heat, itch.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-p-t"
	+1 letter: hepaticae, peachiest, petechiae, petechial, phenacite.
	+2 letters: aphaeretic, empathetic, perithecia, phenacetin, phenacites, preachiest, preethical, telepathic.
	+3 letters: champerties, epithetical, heptarchies, hyperactive, impeachment, metanephric, parenthetic, paresthetic, pentarchies, perithecial, phenacetins, spirochaete, telegraphic, therapeutic.
	+4 letters: apothecaries, encephalitic, encephalitis, extrahepatic, hyperactives, impeachments, leptocephali, overemphatic, patchinesses, pathogenetic, phylacteries, spirochaetes, therapeutics.
	+5 letters: acetaminophen, autocephalies, bacteriophage, cephalometric, cryotherapies, hematopoietic, hepatectomies, hyperacuities, hypermetrical, hyperreactive, metencephalic, parenthetical, petrochemical, preanesthetic, secretaryship, stereographic, telencephalic, terpsichorean.
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