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Definition of Petechial
1. a. Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechiæ; spotted.
Definition of Petechial
1. Adjective. (medicine) characterised by, pertaining to, or resembling petechiae (small, nonraised haemorrhages on the skin) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Petechial
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Petechial
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Petechial
Literary usage of Petechial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... whom 1737 made extensive experiments during an epidemic of petechial fever in
Breslau, may be regarded as the founders of the cold water cure. ..."
2. The London Medical Gazette (1850)
"Amount these lines there were interspersed a lew of the lighter-coloured
petechial (fluid) ecchymoses, observed at the splenic end. ..."
3. A dictionary of the German terms used in medicine by George Rogers Cutter (1879)
"Pestzeit, f., time of plague, plague-season. petechial ... petechial fever.
Pfanne, /., (J>1. ..."
4. The Epidemics of the Middle Ages by Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker, Benjamin Guy Babington (1859)
"petechial FEVER IN ITALY, 1505. Thus, if we paid attention, as usual, only to
the palpable occurrences which take place on the earth and beneath its surface ..."
5. Memoir of the Life and Medical Opinions of John Armstrong ...: To which is by Francis Boott (1834)
"THE petechial fevers of Italy will require a deliberate consideration, as they
partake of the character ..."
6. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1884)
"apparent reason why they should be erythematous in some and petechial or ...
In two cases there was a ring of petechial rash round one or both legs at the ..."
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