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Noun: purpura  pur-pyû-ru
  1. Any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding
    "The patient's skin showed signs of purpura, with small purple spots";
    - peliosis

Derived forms: purpuras

Type of: blood disease, blood disorder

Encyclopedia: Purpura, schoenlein-henoch