purpura

Speech parts

1. purpura - Noun

2. Purpura - Proper noun

Meaning

A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin from extravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength, pain in the limbs, and mental dejection; the purples.

A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

peliosis crimson blood erythema hemophilia purple rash bruising anaemia bruise contusion exanthema ecchymosis leukemia anemia
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Antonyms

neutral achromatic

Hypernyms

blood disease blood disorder

Hyponyms

idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura purpura hemorrhagica nonthrombocytopenic purpura thrombocytopenic purpura werlhof's disease

Phrases with the word

thrombocytopenic purpura immune thrombocytopenic purpura

Examples

According to Hartung "If this were the case of St. Francis, he would have been afflicted by ecchymoses, an exceedingly large purpura. Source: Internet

Examples of 7-letter pairs in the English language are abjurer and nowhere, and Chechen and purpura. Source: Internet

Patrick died at the age of 33 in 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. Source: Internet

Symptoms are high fevers and purple skin patches ( purpura due to disseminated intravascular coagulation ). Source: Internet

In 2004, Purpura moved back to Hawaii to work for the U.S. Attorney’s Office as part of a public corruption and white collar crime team. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

purpresture purprise purpronin purpura hemorrhagica purpura rheumatica purpurate