purpuric

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Pertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it).
Purple or purplish (of spots which appear on the skin; regardless of their cause); Synonym of purpureal.
purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially
purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially:
Derived from or forming purpuric acid.

Word forms

purpuric more purpuric most purpuric

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

purpurous purpural

Derived words

papular purpuric gloves and socks syndrome purpuric acid

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