PURPURA
\pɜːpjˈʊ͡əɹə], \pɜːpjˈʊəɹə], \p_ɜː_p_j_ˈʊə_ɹ_ə]\
Definitions of PURPURA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye.
By Oddity Software
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Purplish or brownish red discoloration, easily visible through the epidermis, caused by hemorrhage into the tissues.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
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This word has been employed in many senses. It generally means, livid spots on the skin from extravasated blood, with languor and loss of muscular strength, pains in the limbs.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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