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purpura

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːpjʊɹə/

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peliosis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: blood disease, blood disorder

Narrower terms: nonthrombocytopenic purpura, thrombocytopenic purpura, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, purpura hemorrhagica, Werlhof's disease

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura. Doublet of purple and purpure.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пурпура (purpura) — pathological condition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紫癜 (zǐdiàn) — pathological condition
  • Finnish: purpura — pathological condition
  • French: purpura — pathological condition
  • Polish: plamica — pathological condition
  • Polish: purpura — pathological condition
  • Portuguese: púrpura — pathological condition
  • Russian: пу́рпура (púrpura) — pathological condition
  • Spanish: púrpura — pathological condition
  • Turkish: purpura — pathological condition