Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

henoch-schönlein purpura

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: henoch-schon-lein pur-pu-ra
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disease of the skin and other organs, resulting in palpable purpura, often with joint and abdominal pain, and occasionally leading to kidney disease.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

Henoch-Schönlein purpuras (plural)

Synonyms

anaphylactoid purpura HSP purpura rheumatica Schönlein-Henoch purpura

Questions

What does henoch-schönlein purpura mean?: A disease of the skin and other organs, resulting in palpable purpura, often with joint and abdominal pain, and occasionally leading to kidney disease.

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