Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun petechia

1 sense of petechia

Sense 1
petechia -- (a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever))
       => bruise, contusion -- (an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration)