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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Petechiæ

· Pe·tech·i·æ · IPA
01 n. pl. Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc.
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    Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc.(Med.)