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  • 1. purpura
  • Purpura in a sentence
Table of Contents
  • 1. purpura
  • Purpura in a sentence
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology

1. purpura

noun. any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding.

Synonyms

  • blood disorder
  • Werlhof's disease
  • nonthrombocytopenic purpura
  • idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
  • purpura hemorrhagica
  • blood disease
  • thrombocytopenic purpura

Antonyms

  • hypervolemia

Etymology

  • purpura (Latin)
  • πορφύρα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

Sentences with purpura


1. Noun, singular or mass
Henoch-Scholein purpura is a vascilitis, or group of disorders that causes inflammation in blood vessels, which can result in painful aching joints, often in children but also in adults.

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