Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

petechia

/pɪˈtiːkɪə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: pe-techia
IPA: /pɪˈtiːkɪə/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin.

Example Sentences

"It is scurvy. All my authorities agree – weakness, diffused muscular pain, petechia, tender gums, ill breath – and M’Alister has no doubt of it."
"The marks on Jane's skin were petechiae, little hemorrhages that indicate lack of platelets in the blood. She needed two units of platelets transfused into her bloodstream."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin petechia, from Italian petecchie (“skin eruptions”, plural), probably from a popular Latin diminutive of petigo (“scab, eruption”) (from impetīgo).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: petecchia, -

Inflected Forms

petechiae (plural)

Derived Forms

petechial petechioid

Questions

How do you pronounce petechia?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɪˈtiːkɪə/.
What does petechia mean?: A small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin.
Where does petechia come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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