Definitions for petechia

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petechia pe·te·chi·a

Spelling: [pi-tee-kee-uh, -tek-ee-uh]

IPA: /pɪˈti ki ə, -ˈtɛk i ə/

Petechia is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 242 anagrams from letters in petechia (aceehipt).

Definitions for petechia

noun

1. a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.

Origin of petechia

1575-85; New Latin Italian petecchia (in plural) rash, spots on skin Vulgar Latin *(im)petīcula, equivalent to Latin impetīc-, stem of impetīx, variant of impetīgō im