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Noun: purpura haemorrhagica
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: purpura hemorrhagica)
  1. Purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors
    - thrombocytopenic purpura, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, purpura hemorrhagica [N. Amer], Werlhof's disease

Type of: autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder, peliosis, purpura

Encyclopedia: Purpura haemorrhagica