purpura hemorrhagica
- noun
- /ˈpɜrpjʊrə ˌhɛmərˈhædʒɪkə/
- Specialized
- The patient was diagnosed with purpura hemorrhagica after developing widespread skin lesions and a low platelet count.
Examples
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Veterinarians are particularly alert to purpura hemorrhagica in horses following infections.
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The patient suffered from purpura hemorrhagica, which caused extensive bruising and bleeding from the gums.
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Treatment for purpura hemorrhagica often involves addressing the underlying cause of the platelet deficiency.
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What is purpura hemorrhagica?
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The patient was diagnosed with purpura hemorrhagica after the examination.
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Doctors must be cautious when treating purpura hemorrhagica due to the risk of severe internal bleeding.
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After noticing unusual spots on his legs, he was concerned he might have purpura hemorrhagica.
Synonyms
2
9.9
Purple spots on the skin caused by bleeding under the skin
1
7.9
Purple spots or bruises on the skin caused by low blood platelets
1
9.9
A condition that causes easy bruising and bleeding because the blood has very few platelets for no known reason
A condition in which the blood has too few platelets, causing easy bruising and bleeding
How Severe
- Specialized
- Specialized
31
7.5
- Specialized
2
9.9
- Specialized
4
9.9
- Specialized
10
9.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
purpura + hemorrhagica
This is a compositional medical term: 'purpura' denotes purple skin spots from bleeding and 'hemorrhagica' is the adjectival/Latin form of 'hemorrhagic' (relating to bleeding). The phrase therefore directly describes purpura with widespread bleeding, and that descriptive relation is predictable from the constituents (medical/Latin morphology and common cognates), so a learner who knows the parts would understand the meaning.
Etymology
Purpura hemorrhagica comes from old words that describe what it looks like: purpura means 'purple' or purple spots on the skin and hemorrhagica means 'bleeding'. So the name means lots of bleeding under the skin that makes purple marks.