purpuric
purpuric adjective: pertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it).
Adjective
purpuric (comparative more purpuric, superlative most purpuric)
- Pertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it).
- After 1–14 days, skin eruption occurs abruptly, consisting of symmetrical purpuric macules which progress to blisters and areas of epidermal necrosis...2003, Christine Léauté-Labrèze and Alain Taïeb, Diagnosis and management of Stevens Johnson syndrome, in Recent Advances in Pediatrics, Volume 20 (edited by Tim J David), Royal Society of Medicine...
- Purple or purplish (of spots which appear on the skin; regardless of their cause); Synonym of purpureal.
- purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially
- Derived from or forming purpuric acid.
- purpuric acid
- a purpuric salt
Synonyms of purpuric
Forms of purpuric
| comparative | more purpuric |
|---|---|
| superlative | most purpuric |
Origin of purpuric
From Latin purpura (“purple”), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). The medical sense is from the English purpura (“the appearance of purple discolorations on the skin”). By surface analysis, purpura + -ic.
Words formed from purpuric
Questions about purpuric
- What does purpuric mean?
- Purpuric means pertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it).
- What part of speech is purpuric?
- Purpuric is an adjective.
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