Usually means: Tiny red skin bleeding spots.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. petechiae: Merriam-Webster
  2. petechiae: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. petechiae: Collins English Dictionary
  4. petechiae: Vocabulary.com
  5. petechiae: Wordnik
  6. petechiae: Wiktionary
  7. Petechiae, petechiae: Dictionary.com
  8. Petechiae: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Petechiae: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Petechiae: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. petechiae: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. petechiae: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Petechiae: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. petechiae: Encyclopedia

Medicine (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. petechiae: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Petechiae: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Cancer Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  7. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  8. petechiae: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  9. National Immunization Program Glossary (No longer online)
  10. petechiae: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  11. petechiae: Medical dictionary
  12. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  13. Petechiae: Drug Medical Dictionary
  14. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (petechia)

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