'Petechia' definitions:
Definition of 'petechia'
From: WordNet
noun
A minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever)
Definition of 'Petechia'
From: GCIDE
- Petechiae \Pe*tech"i*[ae]\, n. pl.; sing. Petechia. [NL., fr. LL. peteccia; cf. F. p['e]t['e]chie, It. petecchia, Sp. petequia, Gr. pitta`kion a label, plaster.] (Med.) Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc. [1913 Webster]