Meanings
adjectivepetechial (comparative more petechial, superlative most petechial)
comparative more petechial · superlative most petechial
- medicineCharacterized by, pertaining to, or resembling petechiae (small, nonraised haemorrhages on the skin).
Of putrid, malignant, petechial Fevers.
1750, John Huxham, chapter 8, in An Essay on Fevers1 more example
Petechial haemorrhages may appear in the conjunctivae and ecchymotic haemorrhages on the ventral surface of the tongue.
2001, M. W. Service, editor, Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections
Origin
- New Latinpetechialis
- Englishpetechial
From New Latin petechialis. By surface analysis, petechia + -al.
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