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Noun: purpura  pur-pyû-ru
  1. Any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding
    - peliosis

Derived forms: purpuras

Type of: blood disease, blood disorder

Encyclopedia: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch Purpura Purpura, schoenlein-henoch Purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic Purpura, thrombocytopenic, idiopathic Purpura, thrombocytopenic