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petechia
noun
[ pɪˈtiːkɪə ]
• a small red or purple spot caused by bleeding into the skin.
Origin:
late 18th century: modern Latin, from Italian petecchia, denoting a freckle or spot on the face, from Latin petigo ‘scab, eruption’.
