Petechia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɪˈtiːkɪə/

Origin

Modern Latin, from Italian petecchie ‘skin eruptions’, from a popular Latin diminutive of Latin petigo ‘scab, eruption’, itself from impetīgo.

Full definition of petechia

Noun

1. a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin
• 1973, Patrick O’Brian, HMS Surprise:It is scurvy. All my authorities agree – weakness, diffused muscular pain, petechia, tender gums, ill breath – and M’Alister has no doubt of it.

Derived terms

• petechial

Anagrams

• epitheca