Usually means: Tiny, round, red skin spots.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word petechia:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. petechia: Merriam-Webster
  2. petechia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. petechia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. petechia: Collins English Dictionary
  5. petechia: Vocabulary.com
  6. petechia: Wiktionary
  7. petechia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. petechia: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. petechia: Dictionary.com
  10. Petechia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. petechia: Rhymezone
  12. petechia: FreeDictionary.org
  13. petechia: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. petechia: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. petechia: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. petechia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. petechia: Medical dictionary

(Note: See petechiae as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (petechia)

▸ noun:  (medicine) A small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin.

Similar:
petechiation, purpura, telangiectasia, ecchymosis, petechial fever, bleed, plague spot, telangiectesia, lesion, microbleed, more...

Opposite:
ecchymosis, bruise, hematoma

Types:
ecchymosis, purpura, hemorrhage, petechiae, more...

Phrases:
dendroica petechia, more...

Adjectives:
small, numerous, single, singular, few

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Similar:
petechiation, purpura, telangiectasia, ecchymosis, petechial fever, bleed, plague spot, telangiectesia, lesion, microbleed, more...

Opposite:
ecchymosis, bruise, hematoma

Types:
ecchymosis, purpura, hemorrhage, petechiae, more...

Phrases:
dendroica petechia, more...

Adjectives:
small, numerous, single, singular, few



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