Found 2 items, similar to petechia.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: petechia petechia n : 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) [also: petechiae (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Petechia Petechiae \Pe*tech"i*[ae]\, n. pl.; sing. Petechia. [NL., fr. LL. peteccia; cf. F. p['e]t['e]chie, It. petecchia, Sp. petequia, Gr. ? a label, plaster.] (Med.) Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc. [1913 Webster]