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   purpura

   /ˈpəːpjʊrə/

   noun

   • 1. a rash of purple spots on the skin caused by internal bleeding from small blood vessels.
   • ▪ any of a number of diseases characterized by such a rash: "psychogenic purpura"

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting a gastropod mollusc): from modern Latin, from Latin, ‘purple’, from Greek porphura. The sense ‘disease characterized by a purple rash’ dates from the mid 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. purpuric adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   • U

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   • R

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   • P

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