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purpuric

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Definition of purpuric

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Pertaining 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...”
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adj

  1. Pertaining 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...”
  2. (archaic)Purple or purplish (of spots which appear on the skin; regardless of their cause); Synonym of purpureal.
  3. (not-comparable)purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially
  4. (not-comparable)purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially:
    “purpuric acid”
    “a purpuric salt”

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Etymology

From Latin purpura (“purple”), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). The medical sense is from the English purpura (“the appearance of purple discolorations on the skin”). By surface analysis, purpura + -ic.

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