hemorrhagic purpura

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• purpura hemorrhagica — noun purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors • Syn: ↑thrombocytopenic purpura, ↑idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, ↑Werlhof s disease • Hypernyms: ↑purpura, ↑peliosis,… …   Useful english dictionary

• hemorrhagic diathesis — n an abnormal tendency to spontaneous often severe bleeding compare HEMOPHILIA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA * * * a predisposition to abnormal hemostasis and hemorrhage …   Medical dictionary

• Purpura — For the American poet, see Lia Purpura. Purpura Classification and external resources Petechia and purpura on the low limb due to medication induced vasculitis ICD …   Wikipedia

• Purpura — A hemorrhage area in the surface of the skin. The affected area of skin with purpura is greater than 3 millimeters in diameter. The appearance of an individual area of purpura varies with the duration of the lesions. Early purpura is red and… …   Medical dictionary

• purpura — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, purple color Date: 1753 any of several hemorrhagic states characterized by patches of purplish discoloration resulting from extravasation of blood into the skin and mucous membranes • purpuric adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• hemorrhagic capillary toxicosis — Henoch Schцnlein purpura …   Medical dictionary

• hemorrhagic diathesis — noun : a constitutional tendency to spontaneous often severe bleeding compare hemophilia, purpura hemorrhagica …   Useful english dictionary

• Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy — Classification and external resources eMedicine article/1112590 Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy (also known as Acute hemorrhagic edema of childhood, [1] Finkelstein s disease …   Wikipedia

• Nonthrombocytopenic purpura — Classification and external resources ICD 9 287.2 Nonthrombocytopenic purpura is a type of purpura (red or purple skin discoloration) not associated with thrombocytopenia …   Wikipedia

• brain purpura — a hemorrhagic encephalopathy resembling acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalomyelitis, but without the inflammatory or necrotic changes of that disorder. It is marked by small pericapillary hemorrhages in the white matter of the brain, with… …   Medical dictionary

• itching purpura — a recurrent, pruritic, eruptive hemorrhagic dermatosis, usually seen in males, manifested as erythematous macules with punctate purpura beginning on the lower limbs and spreading to the trunk, upper limbs, and in severe cases the large flexural… …   Medical dictionary