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adj
Pertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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adj
Purple or purplish (of spots which appear on the skin; regardless of their cause); Synonym of purpureal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: medicine, sciences
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adj
purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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adj
purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially:
Derived from or forming purpuric acid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
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.
