purpuric

comparative more purpuric · superlative most purpuric

1. medicinePertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it).

   After 1–14 days, skin eruption occurs abruptly, consisting of symmetrical purpuric macules which progress to blisters and areas of epidermal necrosis...

   2003, Christine Léauté-Labrèze and Alain Taïeb, Diagnosis and management of Stevens Johnson syndrome, in Recent Advances in Pediatrics, Volume 20 (edited by Tim J David), Royal Society of Medicine Press, page 140

2. archaicmedicinePurple or purplish (of spots which appear on the skin; regardless of their cause); Synonym of purpureal.
3. not comparablechemistrypurple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially
4. purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially:
   1. not comparablechemistryDerived from or forming purpuric acid.

      purpuric acid

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      a purpuric salt